Flippin is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,341 people and just one neighborhood, Flippin is the 186th largest community in Arkansas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Flippin is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 50.59% of the Flippin workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Flippin is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Flippin who work in office and administrative support (8.40%), healthcare suport services (6.84%), and management occupations (6.64%).
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Flippin spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.68 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
In Flippin, just 6.93% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Flippin in 2022 was $18,487, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,948 for a family of four.
The people who call Flippin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Flippin residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Flippin include English, Irish, German, Dutch, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Flippin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry.
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 Flippin are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.0% 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, 41.4% 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 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.1%), and 13.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.7%).
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 Flippin, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.4%), and residents who report English roots (17.0%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (5.7%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.
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 (49.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (87.8%) 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 (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.