Mabelvale is a somewhat small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 8,980 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mabelvale is the 44th largest community in Arkansas.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Mabelvale is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.35% of the Mabelvale workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Mabelvale is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Mabelvale who work in healthcare (12.44%), sales jobs (10.77%), and office and administrative support (10.21%). Also of interest is that Mabelvale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Mabelvale has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mabelvale a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Mabelvale is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Mabelvale citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.97% of adults 25 and older in Mabelvale have a college degree. The per capita income in Mabelvale in 2022 was $30,030, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,120 for a family of four. However, Mabelvale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mabelvale is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mabelvale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mabelvale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mabelvale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.10% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mabelvale include English, German, Irish, French, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Mabelvale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
