About Rose Bud

Rose Bud is a tiny town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 379 people and just one neighborhood, Rose Bud is the 243rd largest community in Arkansas.

When you are in Rose Bud, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.8% of Rose Bud's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Rose Bud is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rose Bud who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.07%), sales jobs (11.36%), and management occupations (9.09%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.65% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One downside of living in Rose Bud, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.62 minutes every day commuting to work. It is, however, a pedestrian-friendly town. Many of its neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.

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

Rose Bud Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Rose Bud is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 20.35% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Rose Bud in 2000 was $22,677, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,708 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Rose Bud is English.