Siloam Springs is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 10,803 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Siloam Springs is the 36th largest community in Arkansas.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Siloam Springs is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.0% of the Siloam Springs workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Siloam Springs is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Siloam Springs who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.25%), sales jobs (9.19%), and teaching (7.21%).

Siloam Springs is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Siloam Springs enrolled in college, Siloam Springs has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

One of the benefits of Siloam Springs is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.77 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.

As is often the case in a small city, Siloam Springs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Siloam Springs Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Siloam Springs is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 19.94% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Siloam Springs in 2000 was $16,047, 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 $64,188 for a family of four.

Siloam Springs is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Siloam Springs home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Siloam Springs is White, followed by Native American. Siloam Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.89% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Siloam Springs include German, English, Irish, European, and Scottish.

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