Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Texarkana earns a D−, 118th among Arkansas's 123 graded towns, mostly because of safety and health. It reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, including 354 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Residents are less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. What it does well: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 52% of U.S. towns. Texarkana’s violent crime rate is 12.3 per 1,000 residents, where Arkansas’ towns sit at 3.6 and U.S. towns at 1.6. Its National Register listings include Orr School and Texarkana Union Station. Among 123 Arkansas towns, just 3 have a higher January low than Texarkana.
Where Texarkana beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Orr School
Conlon Nancarrow
Census counts: 1,390 in 1880, 29,387 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1895 and 5 maps from 1909 on.
28 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arkansas), ordered by how far Texarkana is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Texarkana, 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 Texarkana.
Texarkana sends many workers across the state line to Nash, but it reports violent crime at about twice the Arkansas rate and has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Violent crime runs at 12.3 per 1,000 residents, about twice the Arkansas rate; the Safety Grade counts each violent crime four times, so this weighs most on its D−.
Texarkana’s property crime rate is 28.1 per 1,000 residents. Texarkana reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 97% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Texarkana School District. Two of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 842 | – |
| Arkansas High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,092 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AR on state tests and graduation
39% of Texarkana adults get no exercise outside work. Texarkana beats the Arkansas average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 28% of Texarkana adults worry about having enough food.
| Texarkana | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 19% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 41% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 25% | 19% |
| What stands out | Texarkana | AR |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 16.4% | 10.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 27.6% | 18.5% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 14% | 9.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
12 miles of trail in 12 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Ed Worrell Memorial Park, at 61 acres.
| Texarkana | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 0.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ermer Dansby Pondexter Sports Complex | 1.2 mi | 31 |
| 2. North Texarkana Park | 0.3 mi | 15 |
| 3. Ed Worrell Memorial Park | — | 61 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At about $161K, home values are up 3% in five years, against a rise of 20% across Arkansas.
The typical Texarkana home is worth about $161,000, about the same as a year ago, 28% below the Arkansas typical home. 55% of households own their home in Texarkana.
| Texarkana | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 55% | 60% | 73% |
| Median rent | $909 a month | $875 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
95 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 12 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 95 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Texarkana.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Texarkana has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Texarkana is 93°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
50% of working residents cross a state line to work, Nash among the top destinations. Texarkana has about as many jobs (10,611) as working residents, but only 2,979 people both live and work here.
About one in 4 of Texarkana’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in Texarkana grew to 10,611 in 2023, 733 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Texarkana (31%), Little Rock (3%) and Nash (2%).
| Texarkana | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 26% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 27% | 21% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 3.5% | 6.3% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Texarkana. Close and well known come first.
28 mi National Historic SitePresident William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site7K visitors a year
3 mi MuseumAce of Clubs House
29 mi MuseumHistoric Washington State Park
in town MuseumFour States Auto Museum
3 mi MuseumMuseum of Regional HistoryPresident William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ace of Clubs House: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Washington State Park: The original uploader was Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Four States Auto Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Museum of Regional History: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Texarkana
About 4 of every 100 Texarkana residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Arkansas.
28 places in Texarkana on the National Register of Historic Places.
32 notable people were born in Texarkana.
City in Arkansas, United States
Texarkana is a city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Miller County, on the southwest border of the state. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 29,387. It is the twin city of Texarkana, Texas, located just across the state line. The city was founded at a railroad intersection on December 8, 1873, and was incorporated in Arkansas on August 10, 1880. Texarkana and its Texas counterpart are the principal cities of the Texarkana metropolitan area, which in 2021 was ranked 289th in the United States with a population of 147,174, according to the United States Census Bureau. Within the Ark-La-Tex subregion of southwest Arkansas, Texarkana is located in the Piney Woods,…
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One town shares a border with Texarkana.
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Texarkana grades D− overall, in the bottom 2% of U.S. towns and #118 of 123 in Arkansas. It grades D for health, D− for safety and C− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D−.
That is 2.9 years of the area's median household income ($55,646 across the Texarkana, TX-AR metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
32 notable people were born here, including Conlon Nancarrow and Mike Ross.
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