Alicia is a tiny town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 140 people and just one neighborhood, Alicia is the 316th largest community in Arkansas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Alicia is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 69.39% of the Alicia workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Alicia is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alicia who work in farm management occupations (32.65%), sales jobs (14.29%), and business and financial occupations (6.12%).
Overall, Alicia’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Alicia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Alicia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, Alicia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Alicia ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 1.96% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Alicia in 2022 was $14,830, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,320 for a family of four. Alicia also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.16% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Alicia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alicia residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Alicia include English, Irish, Polish, German, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Alicia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Alicia, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 7.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 8 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The neighborhood is unique for having just 5.7% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.6% of America's neighborhoods.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.5% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.8% of all American neighborhoods.
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 Alicia are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 45.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 31.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.9%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households.
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 Alicia, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (20.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.0%), and residents who report German roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.1%).
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.5%) 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 (8.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.