Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
49% of residents live below the poverty line in St. Joe, where Arkansas’ towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Its National Register listings include Benjamin Franklin Henley House and Pea Ridge School Building. St. Joe has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where St. Joe beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 159 in 1910, a peak of 255 in 1930, 129 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 5 maps from 1893 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around St. Joe. Close and well known come first.
Buffalo National River: Mattsrealm, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blanchard Springs Caverns: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Joe, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in St. Joe.
St. Joe’s FEMA risk score is 92 of 100, against 66 of 100 in Arkansas’ towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Ozark Mountain School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST. Joe ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 89 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Adults 18 to 34 are 4% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 50% of residents (37% statewide). St. Joe has grown 2.3% since 2020, to 132 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 23% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 26% across Arkansas.
Somewhere between 0% and 91% women
The Census survey reached too few of St. Joe’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±49.4 points. Across Arkansas, 50.6% of residents are women.
| St. Joe | AR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 19.9% | 12.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.7% | 10.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.4% | 9.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 0% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 26.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.8% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.1% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.9% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.8% | 11.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.9% | 34.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.9% | 20.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 26.5% | 8.2% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.5% | 16.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 2.4% | 9.5% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 100, single groups can be off by several points
St. Joe’s July high is 90°F. Joe has chilly winters and warm summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
19% of St. Joe adults report frequent physical distress. Among 124 Arkansas towns, just 4 have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than St. Joe. 21% of St. Joe adults report frequent mental distress.
| St. Joe | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 25% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | St. Joe | AR |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.8% | 8.6% |
| More smokers | 20.3% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.8% | 4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of St. Joe; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 St. Joe residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Arkansas.
3 places in St. Joe on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Arkansas, United States
St. Joe or Saint Joe is a town in Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, St. Joe had a population of 129.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
St. Joe has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
St. 2 notable people were born here, including Jesse Smith Henley and Ben C. Henley.
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