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Lavaca, AR

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Overview


Lavaca is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,502 people and just one neighborhood, Lavaca is the 137th largest community in Arkansas.

Lavaca real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Lavaca house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Lavaca isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Lavaca are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lavaca is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lavaca who work in sales jobs (20.80%), teaching (12.22%), and office and administrative support (8.51%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Lavaca is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The education level of Lavaca citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.76% of adults in Lavaca have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lavaca in 2018 was $31,598, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,392 for a family of four. However, Lavaca contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lavaca home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lavaca residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lavaca include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Lavaca is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

Astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 95.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.

In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 6.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Arkansas. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

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 Lavaca are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 67.1% of America'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, 32.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.0%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% 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 Lavaca, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report English roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (88.4%) 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 (6.4%) . 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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