Conway is a medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 43,199 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Conway is the eighth largest community in Arkansas.

Conway is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Conway is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Conway who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.32%), sales jobs (12.59%), and teaching (8.28%).

Also of interest is that Conway has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because there are quite a few people attending college in Conway, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Conway provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.

Conway is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Conway Information and Demographics

The citizens of Conway are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.96% of adults in Conway have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Conway in 2000 was $18,509, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $74,036 for a family of four.

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

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