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De Valls Bluff - Biscoe, AR

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Overview


De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,881 people and just one neighborhood, De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is the 161st largest community in Arkansas.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.78% of De Valls Bluff - Biscoe’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe who work in office and administrative support (30.31%), management occupations (12.78%), and teaching (5.20%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, De Valls Bluff - Biscoe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes De Valls Bluff - Biscoe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.13% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe in 2018 was $31,017, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,068 for a family of four. However, De Valls Bluff - Biscoe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call De Valls Bluff - Biscoe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of De Valls Bluff - Biscoe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 25.9% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 13 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 36.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 30.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.7%), and 8.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report English roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (5.2%).

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (78.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (15.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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