Eureka Springs is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,261 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Eureka Springs is the 147th largest community in Arkansas.

Eureka Springs is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.09% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Eureka Springs is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eureka Springs who work in management occupations (17.27%), food service (14.91%), and sales jobs (11.71%).

Of important note, Eureka Springs is also a city of artists. Eureka Springs has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Eureka Springs's character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 8.35% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Eureka Springs spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 11.57 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Eureka Springs is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Eureka Springs Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Eureka Springs citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 28.27% of adults in Eureka Springs have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Eureka Springs in 2000 was $18,439, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $73,756 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Eureka Springs is English. Some people also speak Spanish.