About Atkins

Atkins is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,869 people and just one neighborhood, Atkins is the 128th largest community in Arkansas.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Atkins is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.3% of the Atkins workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Atkins is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Atkins who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.19%), sales jobs (10.40%), and food service (6.51%).

Atkins is a small city, 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 Atkins, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.44% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Atkins Information and Demographics

The citizens of Atkins have a very low rate of college education: just 9.48% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Atkins in 2000 was $15,979, 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 $63,916 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Atkins is English.