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Pea Ridge, AR

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Overview


Pea Ridge is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 7,852 people and just one neighborhood, Pea Ridge is the 57th largest community in Arkansas. Much of the housing stock in Pea Ridge was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Pea Ridge economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Pea Ridge, where the median household income is $93,113.00.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Pea Ridge is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pea Ridge is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pea Ridge who work in sales jobs (16.42%), office and administrative support (14.32%), and management occupations (13.05%).

Of important note, Pea Ridge is also a city of artists. Pea Ridge has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Pea Ridge’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.26% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Pea Ridge is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.01% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Pea Ridge in 2018 was $34,606, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,424 for a family of four. However, Pea Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pea Ridge is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pea Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pea Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pea Ridge also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.16% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pea Ridge include German, Irish, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, English, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Pea Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

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 6.6% 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry and 5.0% have Scottish 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 Pea Ridge are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.0% 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 75.1% 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, 37.8% 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 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 14.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.6%).

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 Pea Ridge, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (10.1%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (7.8%), and residents who report English roots (5.9%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (5.0%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.7%), 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 (35.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (69.2%) 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 (16.6%) . 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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