Blytheville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 18,250 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Blytheville is the 24th largest community in Arkansas.

When you are in Blytheville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.4% of Blytheville's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Blytheville is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Blytheville who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.38%), sales jobs (11.33%), and management occupations (6.39%).

One of the benefits of Blytheville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.78 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Blytheville, even though it is a small city, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the city who have a need for low-cost transportation.

Blytheville Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Blytheville is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 14.17% of adults 25 and older in Blytheville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Blytheville in 2000 was $14,426, 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 $57,704 for a family of four.

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

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