Tumbling Shoals is a tiny town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 902 people and just one neighborhood, Tumbling Shoals is the 206th largest community in Arkansas.
Tumbling Shoals real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Tumbling Shoals house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Tumbling Shoals is a blue-collar town, with 41.90% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Tumbling Shoals is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tumbling Shoals who work in food service (19.27%), art, media, and design (15.60%), and maintenance occupations (9.79%).
Of important note, Tumbling Shoals is also a town of artists. Tumbling Shoals has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Tumbling Shoals’s character.
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!) Tumbling Shoals 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. Tumbling Shoals has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tumbling Shoals than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tumbling Shoals may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Tumbling Shoals doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Tumbling Shoals are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.91% of adults in Tumbling Shoals having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Tumbling Shoals in 2022 was $22,476, 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 $89,904 for a family of four.
The people who call Tumbling Shoals home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tumbling Shoals residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Tumbling Shoals include English, German, Irish, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Tumbling Shoals is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 59.2%, which is higher than 99.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 38 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.2% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.7% of this neighborhood's residents have English 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 Tumbling Shoals are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 32.1% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (29.6%), and 4.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.0%).
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 Tumbling Shoals, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (20.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.0%), along with some British ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (77.5%) 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 (13.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.