Batesville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 9,409 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Batesville is the 40th largest community in Arkansas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Batesville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Batesville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Batesville who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.17%), sales jobs (10.29%), and management occupations (6.63%).

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Batesville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.26 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Batesville 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.

Batesville Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Batesville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.78% of adults in Batesville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Batesville in 2000 was $17,753, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $71,012 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Batesville is English.