About Parkers-Iron Springs

Parkers-Iron Springs is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 3,426 people and just one neighborhood, Parkers-Iron Springs is the 110th largest community in Arkansas.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Parkers-Iron Springs is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Parkers-Iron Springs is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Parkers-Iron Springs who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.62%), sales jobs (15.44%), and management occupations (6.36%).

Parkers-Iron Springs 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 Parkers-Iron Springs, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.48% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Parkers-Iron Springs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Parkers-Iron Springs Information and Demographics

The population of Parkers-Iron Springs has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 6.50% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Parkers-Iron Springs in 2000 was $19,508, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $78,032 for a family of four.

Parkers-Iron Springs is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Parkers-Iron Springs home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Parkers-Iron Springs is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Parkers-Iron Springs include Irish, German, and English.

The most common language spoken in Parkers-Iron Springs is English. Some people also speak Spanish.