Bono is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,690 people and just one neighborhood, Bono is the 139th largest community in Arkansas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bono is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.12% of the Bono workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Bono is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bono who work in sales jobs (14.35%), healthcare (11.12%), and office and administrative support (9.60%).
Overall, Bono’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
One downside of living in Bono, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.32 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small city, Bono doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Bono are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.29% of adults in Bono have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Bono in 2022 was $19,964, which is lower middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $79,856 for a family of four. However, Bono contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bono is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bono home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bono residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bono include German, Irish, English, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bono is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 24 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 14.1% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Arkansas. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bono are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 32.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.3%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.1%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Bono, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (23.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (20.1%), and residents who report English roots (6.8%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.