It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Mountainburg 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. Mountainburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mountainburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mountainburg may be for you.
One downside of living in Mountainburg, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.68 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small city, Mountainburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Mountainburg has a very low overall level of education: only 8.79% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Mountainburg in 2022 was $24,000, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,000 for a family of four. However, Mountainburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mountainburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mountainburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mountainburg include Irish, English, German, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Mountainburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
