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Piney, Arkansas.

A community in Garland County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Garland County’s.

Living in Piney, Garland County, Arkansas

Piney, in Garland County, had 5,238 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $50,901 a year and half less, against $57,181 across Garland County. 53% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 47% are rented. Unemployment in Garland County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Garland County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 5,238 in the 2020 census; median age 39.0
Household income $50,901 the median, give or take $4,837 · Garland County: $57,181
Unemployment 3.6% Garland County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes 53% lived in by their owners; 47% rented
  • 1,856households
  • 19%of adults have a degree
  • 16 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What people in Garland County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)16%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Other services7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Garland County had 38,517 jobs in 2025, 1.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 50° and 29°; warmest in August, 91° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 50° 29° F M A M J J A 91° 66° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 50° and 29°; warmest in August, 91° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 50° 29° F M A M J J A 91° 66° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 50° and lows near 29°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 66°. About 1 inches of snow and 58 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Blakely Mountain Dam weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Piney

  1. National Park CollegeTwo-year college268
  2. AARMaintenance and repair services, aircraft208
  3. Berry Global - Hot SpringsPackaging, plastics, manufacturing190
  4. KSC1Eggs, chicken production142
  5. Harp's Food StoreRetail grocery137
  6. BradyPLUS117
  7. UPSCouriers and express delivery services95
  8. FedExCourier and express delivery services55

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,022 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Ice stormsVery high
  2. TornadoesVery high
  3. Strong windRelatively high
  4. Winter weatherRelatively high
  5. Heat wavesRelatively high
  6. LightningRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Piney’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Garland County.