Dermott is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 3,281 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Dermott is the 114th largest community in Arkansas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dermott is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dermott is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dermott who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.71%), teaching (11.05%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.99%).

One of the benefits of Dermott is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.10 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.

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

Dermott Information and Demographics

In Dermott, just 10.18% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Dermott in 2000 was $9,998, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $39,992 for a family of four.

Dermott is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dermott home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Dermott is African-American, followed by White. The main ancestry of people in Dermott is Irish.

The most common language spoken in Dermott is English.