Town Hall · Cabot

Cabot, AR town hall & government

Cabot spent $74.4 million in the year to December 31, 2024, about $2,771 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Cabot's government.

Local leadership

Who runs Cabot

Ken KincadeMayorSince 2019 Wikidata ↗ Out of date? Sign in to tell us

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Town budget

Where Cabot's money goes

Spent
$74.4 million
fiscal year to December 31, 2024
Per resident
$2,771
typical Arkansas cities: $1,925
Long-term debt
$107.6 million
$4,009 per resident
Parks & libraries
$12.8 million17%
Police
$9.5 million13%
Roads & transportation
$8.6 million12%
Sewer & trash
$5.5 million7%
Fire
$5 million7%
Water & other utilities
$4.1 million6%
Interest on debt
$3.3 million4%
Administration & buildings
$2.6 million3%
Courts, inspections & corrections
$431,0001%
Paid to other governments
$288,000<1%
Health & welfare
$26,000<1%
Other
$22.3 million30%

Where the money comes from

  • Sales taxes 39%
  • Utility sales 13%
  • Interest, fines & other 11%
  • From other local governments 11%
  • Fees & charges 10%
  • From the state 8%
  • Property taxes 5%
  • Other taxes & licenses 2%
  • From the federal government 1%
Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for Cabot

Full-time staff
199
161 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$65,700
a year, before benefits
Sworn police officers
40
and 41 full-time firefighters
Parks & libraries
32 full-time127 part
Fire
41 full-time2 part
Police
40 full-time
Water & other utilities
33 full-time
Administration & buildings
10 full-time29 part
Courts, inspections & corrections
21 full-time1 part
Roads & transportation
16 full-time
Other
6 full-time2 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2025. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. Cabot didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Cabot Public Schools

Cabot's K–12 school district, shared with Austin and Ward. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$11,648
Arkansas: $13,585
Students
10,635
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$74 million
at year end

Where the district's money comes from Arkansas districts overall: 16% local, 70% state, 14% federal

  • Local 12%
  • State 77%
  • Federal 10%

Of the $11,648 per pupil, $6,789 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Property tax

What homeowners in Cabot pay

Typical tax bill
$1,266
a year · Arkansas typical $1,040
Effective rate
0.61%
of home value · Arkansas 0.55%
Typical home value
$207,300
owner-occupied

The median yearly bill homeowners report, covering every local property tax on the home (town, schools, county). The effective rate is that bill divided by the median home value, so it's a rough guide, not the official tax rate.

Local

Contact Cabot's government

🏛️ Official websitecabotar.gov ↗

Town hall & decisions in Cabot →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Cabot

Cabot is represented in Congress by Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton and Representative Eric A. "Rick" Crawford. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is governor.

All of Cabot's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

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