Piggott vs Rector

A side-by-side comparison of Piggott and Rector: population, income, housing, and more.

Piggott and Rector are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Piggott has the higher population (3,589 vs 1,631 in Rector). Piggott has the higher median household income ($49,306 vs $41,534 in Rector). Piggott has the higher median home value ($111,900 vs $82,500 in Rector).

Population, income & housing

	Piggott	Rector
Population	3,589	1,631
Median age	36.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,306	$41,534
Median home value	$111,900	$82,500
Median gross rent	$760	$605
Housing units	1,738	967
Homeownership rate	55.8%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piggott	Rector
Population	3,603 → 3,589 (-0.4%)	1,960 → 1,631 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$36,157 → $49,306 (+36.4%)	$30,599 → $41,534 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $111,900 (+27.7%)	$67,700 → $82,500 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $760 (+4.4%)	$490 → $605 (+23.5%)

Piggott

Population

3,6033,589

Median household income

$36,157$49,306

Median home value

$87,600$111,900

Median gross rent

$728$760

Rector

Population

1,9601,631

Median household income

$30,599$41,534

Median home value

$67,700$82,500

Median gross rent

$490$605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piggott	Rector
Under 5	6.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.1%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	5.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.3%
75 and over	8.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piggott	Rector
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piggott	Rector
No high school diploma	7.9%	24.4%
High school graduate	41.3%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piggott	Rector
Drove alone	77.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	9.3%
Other means	4.2%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piggott	Rector
1-unit, detached	84.5%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Piggott	Rector
Poverty rate	18.7%	20.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1973	1966