About Carlisle

Carlisle is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,321 people and just one neighborhood, Carlisle is the 145th largest community in Arkansas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Carlisle is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Carlisle is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Carlisle who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.78%), sales jobs (11.23%), and food service (6.33%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Carlisle 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.

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

Carlisle Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Carlisle with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 10.67% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Carlisle in 2000 was $15,725, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $62,900 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Carlisle is English.