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Luxora - Etowah, AR

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Overview


Luxora - Etowah is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,136 people and just one neighborhood, Luxora - Etowah is the 144th largest community in Arkansas.

Occupations and Workforce

Luxora - Etowah is a blue-collar town, with 46.80% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Luxora - Etowah is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Luxora - Etowah who work in management occupations (10.07%), law enforcement and fire fighting (7.07%), and maintenance occupations (6.53%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The population of Luxora - Etowah has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.35% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Luxora - Etowah in 2018 was $17,090, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,360 for a family of four. However, Luxora - Etowah contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Luxora - Etowah is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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

Of particular note, 12.1% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 95.6% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

Also, one of the unique characteristics of the neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 5.9% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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 96.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Luxora - Etowah are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.2% 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 52.6% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 41.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.2%), and 9.3% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% 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 Luxora - Etowah, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (7.7%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report German roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.5%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 (42.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (78.6%) 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 (16.7%) . 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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