Plainview is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,450 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Plainview is the 186th largest community in Arkansas.

When you are in Plainview, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 53.3% of Plainview's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Plainview is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Plainview who work in office and administrative support jobs (6.98%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (6.01%), and sales jobs (5.23%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Plainview work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

In Plainview, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.31 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Plainview Information and Demographics

The citizens of Plainview have a very low rate of college education: just 7.72% 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 Plainview in 2000 was $14,278, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $57,112 for a family of four.

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

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