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A city of 30,215 people in Arkansas
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Map of Paragould: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land0.8%167 of 20,353 acres
Trails3.8 mi0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves46 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Paragould

City in Arkansas, United States
1883Established
29,537Population
31.4 sq miArea
302 ftElevation

Paragould is a city in and the county seat of Greene County, and the 15th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. The city is located in northeastern Arkansas on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge, a geologic anomaly contained within the Arkansas Delta. Paragould is the principal city of the Paragould, Arkansas Micropolitan Statistical Area and is also a part of the Jonesboro-Paragould Combined Statistical Area. The population of Paragould was 29,537 as of the 2020 Census, compared to 26,113 at the 2010 census.

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ZIP code72450, 72451
Area code870
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Housing in Paragould

$196K▲ 2.8% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Paragould home is worth about $196,000, up 2.8% in a year, 14% below the Arkansas typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market57
Sale-to-list98%
Sold in May41
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Safety in Paragould

D

Safety Grade D

Paragould reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 94% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Paragould 2.7
Arkansas 5.4
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Paragould 27.5
Arkansas 16.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B

The public schools Paragould’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 56% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictGREENE COUNTY TECH SCHOOL DISTRICTSchools13

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within AR. Ratings are from neighbors.

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