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Sparkman, AR

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Overview


Sparkman is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 340 people and just one neighborhood, Sparkman is the 262nd largest community in Arkansas.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Sparkman is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.30% of the Sparkman workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Sparkman is a city of managers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sparkman who work in management occupations (23.94%), personal care services (11.17%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (5.32%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Sparkman is worth considering.

Being a small city, Sparkman does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Sparkman is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.78% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sparkman in 2018 was $22,077, which is lower middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,308 for a family of four. However, Sparkman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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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 6 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.1% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 9.2% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Arkansas, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Arkansas.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Sparkman are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 54.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.5% 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, 34.7% 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 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.5%), and 16.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% 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 Sparkman, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (11.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of Welsh ancestry (1.2%).

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (86.4%) 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 (8.1%) . 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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