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Emmet - Rosston, AR

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Overview


Emmet - Rosston is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,127 people and just one neighborhood, Emmet - Rosston is the 148th largest community in Arkansas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Emmet - Rosston isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Emmet - Rosston are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Emmet - Rosston is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Emmet - Rosston who work in office and administrative support (18.12%), sales jobs (10.39%), and personal care services (9.28%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Emmet - Rosston’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Emmet - Rosston has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Emmet - Rosston has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Emmet - Rosston than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Emmet - Rosston may be for you.

One downside of living in Emmet - Rosston is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Emmet - Rosston, the average commute to work is 32.67 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Emmet - Rosston doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In Emmet - Rosston, just 11.22% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Emmet - Rosston in 2018 was $22,232, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,928 for a family of four. However, Emmet - Rosston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Emmet - Rosston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Emmet - Rosston, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 31.7% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 35.1% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

People

With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 86.5% of the neighborhoods in AR. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Emmet - Rosston are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 32.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.9%), and 12.7% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Emmet - Rosston, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.9%), and residents who report Czechoslovakian roots (5.0%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.0%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.

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 (26.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.1%) 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 (15.1%) . 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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