City · Jackson County, Arkansas

Diaz, Arkansas

Diaz is a city in Jackson County, Arkansas. It has 1,337 residents. Diaz, Arkansas has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,227 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Arkansas it ranks #149 of 218 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), time spent in the emergency room (low) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on voter turnout (low), preventable hospital stays (high) and food environment index (low).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,227 of 15,651 cities and towns
Arkansas: #149 of 218 in AR
Population: 1,337 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 225.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 0518940

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety32#10,692/15,637
Economy1#15,462/15,631
Housing88#1,765/14,977
Health3#15,084/15,609
Healthcare16#13,218/15,650
Environment21#12,171/15,453
Education35#10,157/15,649
Infrastructure19#12,747/15,650
Community9#14,276/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,946/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Diaz, Arkansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Jackson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Students per teacher · low9.6×
99/100Arkansas 12.5×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsJackson County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low103 min
95/100Arkansas 165 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesJackson County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
95/100Arkansas 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Arkansas 7.0 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataJackson County value
Average commute time · low19.3 min
87/100Arkansas 22.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Pharmacies · high2.4 /10k
87/100Arkansas 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJackson County value

Weaknesses

Voter turnout · low36.3%
0/100Arkansas 52.5%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionJackson County value
Preventable hospital stays · high6,230 /100k
0/100Arkansas 3,115 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJackson County value
Food environment index · low5.2
2/100Arkansas 4.6United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJackson County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.547
3/100Arkansas 0.479United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Drought exposure · high98%
3/100Arkansas 78%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAJackson County value
Physical inactivity · high40.0%
3/100Arkansas 34.4%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.0% (2015-2019) → 87.0% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
48.7% (2015-2019) → 27.4% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.6 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
68.7% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$31,518 (2015-2019) → $49,120 (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
17.3% (2015-2019) → 7.2% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Diaz, Arkansas improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Broadband+25 points62.0% → 87.0%
High school++9.1 points80.4% → 89.5%
Household income+56%$31,518 → $49,120

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Diaz, Arkansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.5 min2015-2019	19.2 min2020-2024	+2.8 min	Within the margin of error	21%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Broadband subscriptions	62.0%2015-2019	87.0%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	95%
Child poverty rate	48.7%2015-2019	27.4%2020-2024	−21 points	Within the margin of error	94%
High school diploma or higher	80.4%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+9.1 points	Improved	94%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.7×	Within the margin of error	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5082015-2019	0.5472020-2024	+0.039	Within the margin of error	21%
Median household income	$31,5182015-2019	$49,1202020-2024	+56%	Improved	89%
Poverty rate	30.2%2015-2019	25.1%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	68.7%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	−18 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Unemployment rate	17.3%2015-2019	7.2%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	99%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Diaz, Arkansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Diaz, Arkansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Diaz, Arkansas itself moved +15 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,337 residents (±358)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

576 households (±134)

Diaz, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $25k35%†199
$25k–50k19%†108
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

576 households (±134)

Diaz, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Own64%368
Rent36%†208

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

491 workers (±171)

Diaz, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Drive alone81%†397
Carpool9.2%†45
Public transit

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Jackson County, the county holding most of Diaz's residents.

Jackson County has 310 employer establishments, 185 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.81× Arkansas's), with 3,609 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,045. The Census Bureau also counts 860 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 310; 860 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 185; US 248 · Arkansas 229
Paid employees: 3,609
Average annual pay: $49,045; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Jackson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	33	19.7	0.95×About typical	236	$68,237	72
Restaurants and other eating places	19	11.3	0.62×Fewer than typical	282	$19,936	6
Religious organizations	16	9.6	1.72×More than typical	51	$17,294	—
Lessors of real estate	11	6.6	0.53×Fewer than typical	31	$28,806	79
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	10	6	3.42×More than typical	58	$43,224	6
Limited-service restaurants	10	6	0.74×Fewer than typical	200	$16,980	—
Offices of physicians	10	6	0.92×About typical	56	$108,357	—
Specialty trade contractors	10	6	0.39×Fewer than typical	45	$64,289	50
Truck transportation	10	6	1.18×About typical	66	$54,227	33
Gasoline stations	9	5.4	1.66×Too few to compare	77	$31,429	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	8	4.8	1.17×Too few to compare	13	$72,923	9
Banks and credit unions	8	4.8	1.48×Too few to compare	64	$56,219	—

Rank places for an industry Open Jackson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,741 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Diaz, Arkansas: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

4.8KFY2017
7.7KFY2018
931.7FY2019
5.2KFY2020
8.2KFY2021
9.7KFY2022
1.6KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Diaz, Arkansas, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Diaz is mostly in Jackson County.

See federal money in Jackson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Diaz, Arkansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Eric A. "Rick" CrawfordR-AR-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Jackson County8100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Jackson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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