Overall, McRae’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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!) McRae 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. McRae has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in McRae than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, McRae may be for you.
One downside of living in McRae, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.26 minutes every day commuting to work.
The rate of college-level education in McRae is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.93% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in McRae in 2022 was $20,775, 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 $83,100 for a family of four. However, McRae contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
McRae is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call McRae home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McRae residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. McRae also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in McRae include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in McRae is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
