About Alma

Alma is a somewhat small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 11,311 people and just one neighborhood, Alma is the 33rd largest community in Arkansas.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Alma is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.2% of the Alma workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Alma is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alma who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.37%), sales jobs (9.73%), and teaching (5.68%).

Alma is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Alma, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.15% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Alma does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Alma Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Alma with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.16% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Alma in 2000 was $15,864, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $63,456 for a family of four.

The people who call Alma home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Alma is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Alma include Irish, English, and German.

The most common language spoken in Alma is English.