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Newark - Sulphur Rock, AR

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Overview


Newark - Sulphur Rock is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 4,549 people and just one neighborhood, Newark - Sulphur Rock is the 78th largest community in Arkansas.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Newark - Sulphur Rock is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.18% of the Newark - Sulphur Rock workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Newark - Sulphur Rock is a town of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Newark - Sulphur Rock who work in sales jobs (10.30%), teaching (8.81%), and office and administrative support (7.85%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The percentage of people in Newark - Sulphur Rock with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.61% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Newark - Sulphur Rock in 2018 was $23,097, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,388 for a family of four. However, Newark - Sulphur Rock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Newark - Sulphur Rock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 27 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.3% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian 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 Newark - Sulphur Rock are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.3% 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, 40.8% 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 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.1%), and 11.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Newark - Sulphur Rock, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (13.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.8%), and residents who report English roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (1.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 (48.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.5%) 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 (13.7%) and 5.6% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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