Hermitage is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 505 people and just one neighborhood, Hermitage is the 234th largest community in Arkansas.
When you are in Hermitage, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 55.47% of Hermitage’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Hermitage is a city of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hermitage who work in healthcare suport services (12.50%), maintenance occupations (9.38%), and community and social services (9.38%).
The overall crime rate in Hermitage is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hermitage has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hermitage has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hermitage than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hermitage may be for you.
One downside of living in Hermitage is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hermitage, the average commute to work is 31.54 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Hermitage is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Hermitage have a very low rate of college education: just 6.25% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Hermitage in 2022 was $12,736, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $50,944 for a family of four. Hermitage also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.54% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Hermitage is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hermitage home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hermitage residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Hermitage also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.31% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hermitage include Irish, German, French, English, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Hermitage is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 45.4%, which is higher than 98.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.8%) living in the neighborhood.
In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Hermitage is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in AR, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.9% of the neighborhoods in Arkansas. If you are considering retiring to Arkansas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
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 Hermitage are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.3% 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, 41.1% 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 33.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.9%), and 5.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.9%).
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 Hermitage, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (8.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.8%), and residents who report English roots (5.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.0%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.8%) 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.