Scores by category

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

Safety21#12,291/15,637
Economy9#14,282/15,631
Housing99#123/14,977
Health4#15,029/15,609
Healthcare5#14,869/15,650
Environment3#14,939/15,453
Education5#14,899/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,341/15,650
Community7#14,485/15,651
Leisure & amenities2#15,328/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lepanto, Arkansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Poinsett 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

Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
96/100Arkansas 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 dataPoinsett County value
Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
92/100Arkansas 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPoinsett County value
Rent-burdened households · low39.7%
91/100Arkansas 44.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Job growth · high2.2%
90/100Arkansas -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPoinsett County value
Public libraries · high1.8 /10k
89/100Arkansas 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPoinsett County value

Weaknesses

Voter turnout · low42.0%
1/100Arkansas 52.5%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionPoinsett County value
Primary care physicians · low9 /100k
1/100Arkansas 69 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePoinsett County value
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Arkansas 13.7United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPoinsett County value
Preventable hospital stays · high5,250 /100k
1/100Arkansas 3,115 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePoinsett County value
Life expectancy · low69.1 yrs
2/100Arkansas 74.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePoinsett County value
Violent crime rate · high771 /100k
2/100Arkansas 532 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPoinsett County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,825 (2015-2019) → 2,025 (2020-2024)
+11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
46.2% (2015-2019) → 26.6% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.0% (2015-2019) → 81.2% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
70.8% (2015-2019) → 80.3% (2020-2024)
+9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.4% (2015-2019) → 11.1% (2020-2024)
−8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateImproving
25.2% (2015-2019) → 17.0% (2020-2024)
−8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Lepanto, Arkansas improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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

Child poverty−20 points46.2% → 26.6%
Uninsured−8.4 points19.4% → 11.1%
Broadband+12 points69.0% → 81.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Lepanto, Arkansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.5 min2015-2019	24.3 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	38%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%2015-2019	7.2%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Broadband subscriptions	69.0%2015-2019	81.2%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	70%
Child poverty rate	46.2%2015-2019	26.6%2020-2024	−20 points	Improved	93%
Effective property tax rate	0.57%2015-2019	0.56%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	18%
High school diploma or higher	70.8%2015-2019	80.3%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4642015-2019	0.4762020-2024	+0.012	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$38,1252015-2019	$44,2712020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	26%
Poverty rate	25.2%2015-2019	17.0%2020-2024	−8.2 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	27.6%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent-burdened households	39.3%2015-2019	39.7%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Unemployment rate	8.5%2015-2019	8.0%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.4%2015-2019	11.1%2020-2024	−8.4 points	Improved	94%

“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 Lepanto, Arkansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lepanto, 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, Lepanto, Arkansas itself moved −2.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

2,025 residents (±388)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,025 residents (±388)

Lepanto, Arkansas
Arkansas share

White71%1,443
Black10%†209
Hispanic or Latino9.5%†193

Education

1,395 residents (±269)

Lepanto, Arkansas
Arkansas share

No high school diploma20%†275
High school or GED48%664
Some college19%†265

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

756 households (±124)

Lepanto, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $25k25%†190
$25k–50k31%†234
$50k–75k20%†149
$75k–100k9.8%†74
$100k–150k5.0%†38
$150k–200k4.0%†30
$200k or more5.4%†41

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.4 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

756 households (±124)

Lepanto, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Own66%502
Rent34%†254

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.4 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

221 households (±88)

Lepanto, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $75059%†130
$750–1,00029%†64
$1,000–1,5009.5%†21

Home values

502 homes (±101)

Lepanto, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $150k78%393
$150k–250k16%†82
$250k–400k4.2%†21

Age of homes

831 homes (±124)

Lepanto, Arkansas
Arkansas share

2010 or later12%†96
2000–20093.0%†25
1980–199926%†215

Size of homes

831 homes (±124)

Lepanto, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Studio1.6%†13
1 bedroom7.9%†66
2 bedrooms22%†183

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

705 workers (±164)

Lepanto, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Drive alone86%607
Carpool6.5%†46
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.1%†29
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.3%†23
Other0.0%0

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

682 workers (±167)

Lepanto, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under 15 min39%†267
15–29 min14%†95
30–44 min24%†163

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Jonesboro, AR

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 Poinsett County, the county holding most of Lepanto's residents.

Poinsett County has 333 employer establishments, 149 for every 10,000 residents (0.60× the US rate of 248; 0.65× Arkansas's), with 3,779 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,456. The Census Bureau also counts 1,718 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 333; 1,718 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 149; US 248 · Arkansas 229
Paid employees: 3,779
Average annual pay: $45,456; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	26	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	383	$16,005	11
Ambulatory health care services	22	9.8	0.47×Fewer than typical	188	$57,303	250
Religious organizations	21	9.4	1.69×More than typical	62	$17,903	—
Truck transportation	18	8	1.59×More than typical	69	$55,362	115
Specialty trade contractors	17	7.6	0.49×Fewer than typical	68	$46,162	146
Limited-service restaurants	16	7.1	0.89×About typical	323	$15,895	6
Gasoline stations	15	6.7	2.07×More than typical	178	$26,770	—
Banks and credit unions	11	4.9	1.52×More than typical	91	$47,923	—
General merchandise stores	11	4.9	2.78×More than typical	243	$28,325	12
Automotive repair and maintenance	8	3.6	0.71×Too few to compare	20	$48,800	58
Full-service restaurants	8	3.6	0.46×Too few to compare	55	$17,345	—
Health and personal care stores	8	3.6	1.35×Too few to compare	57	$40,018	9

Rank places for an industry Open Poinsett County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,402 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 Lepanto, Arkansas: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
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

889.6FY2017
274.2FY2018

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 Lepanto, Arkansas, so they do not add up across cities.

Lepanto, Arkansas's figures are part of those of Poinsett County, AR ($1.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Poinsett 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.

Lepanto, 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.

Poinsett County2100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Jonesboro, AR16

Other cities and towns in Poinsett 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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