Imboden - Black Rock is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 4,123 people and just one neighborhood, Imboden - Black Rock is the 90th largest community in Arkansas.
When you are in Imboden - Black Rock, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.04% of Imboden - Black Rock’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Imboden - Black Rock is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Imboden - Black Rock who work in office and administrative support (12.39%), teaching (9.00%), and sales jobs (6.03%).
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Imboden - Black Rock 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. Imboden - Black Rock has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Imboden - Black Rock than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Imboden - Black Rock may be for you.
One downside of living in Imboden - Black Rock, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.18 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Imboden - Black Rock does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Imboden - Black Rock with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.30% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Imboden - Black Rock in 2022 was $23,402, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,608 for a family of four. However, Imboden - Black Rock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Imboden - Black Rock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Imboden - Black Rock residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Imboden - Black Rock include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Imboden - Black Rock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 24 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.8% of all U.S. 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 Imboden - Black Rock are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.2% 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, 39.5% 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 22.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.2%), and 17.5% 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 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 Imboden - Black Rock, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.8%), and residents who report German roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.2%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 (30.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.4%) 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 (18.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.