Photo: Dennis Adams, National Scenic Byways Online · Public domainHouseholds in Piggott have lower incomes than those in 93% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Piggott are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 21.4% of residents are in poverty (Arkansas 16.0%). About one in three work in Piggott itself; outside it, Paragould draws the most (11%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Piggott in brief
Piggott’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Piggott is Paragould, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (156) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Piggott workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Piggott’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Piggott is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #95 of 123 in Arkansas. Unemployment holds Piggott’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($44,468, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Piggott could be anywhere from D− to C.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Piggott
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Piggott
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Piggott workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,330 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in Piggott by day
On a workday 866 residents head out to work, 510 work right here, and 750 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Piggott commutes to
Where Piggott clocks in
11% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Inside Piggott’s 1,260 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piggott, 2013 → 2023: 1,234 → 1,260. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Piggott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Piggott: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Piggott is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #14 of 123 in Arkansas. Both inputs place Piggott near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,369 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.3% of Piggott households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Piggott’s commuters take a bus or train.
Piggott and other U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Johnson AR | 3,684 | $96K | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 222 | Austin AR | 4,017 | $114K | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 376 | Salem AR | 2,642 | $74K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,887 | Steubenville Township OH | 3,982 | $53K | 27.4% | 7.2% | 4% | D |
| 3,888 | Burney CA | 2,668 | $66K | 19.0% | 9.2% | 25% | D |
| 3,889 | Piggott AR | 3,508 | $44K | 21.4% | 4.8% | 37% | D |
| 3,890 | Frostproof FL | 3,519 | $42K | 26.8% | 5.3% | 5% | D |
| 3,891 | Sage Township MI | 2,502 | $57K | 15.1% | 8.7% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,221 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Piggott, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Piggott: questions
What is the median household income in Piggott?
$44,468 (±$9,152) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piggott?
21.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Piggott?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Piggott work?
37% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paragould (11%, 29 mi), Jonesboro (6%, 48 mi), Kennett (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Piggott walkable?
Piggott is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Piggott without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Piggott, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piggott
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.