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Mayflower, AR

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Overview


Mayflower is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,052 people and just one neighborhood, Mayflower is the 159th largest community in Arkansas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mayflower is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mayflower is a city of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Mayflower who work in management occupations (13.65%), food service (13.27%), and healthcare (9.00%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The percentage of people in Mayflower who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.18% of adults in Mayflower have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mayflower in 2018 was $29,815, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,260 for a family of four. However, Mayflower contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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 Mayflower, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

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 Mayflower are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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, 30.1% 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 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (27.8%), and 11.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% 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 Mayflower, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.3%), along with some British ancestry residents (1.2%), 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 (39.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.8%) 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 (6.3%) . 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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