Van Buren is a medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 23,755 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Van Buren is the 21st largest community in Arkansas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Van Buren is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Van Buren is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Van Buren who work in sales jobs (9.40%), management occupations (7.45%), and office and administrative support (7.26%). Being a small city, Van Buren does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Van Buren overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Van Buren, 21.94% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Van Buren in 2022 was $29,609, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,436 for a family of four. However, Van Buren contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Van Buren is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Van Buren home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Van Buren residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Van Buren also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Van Buren include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Van Buren is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Laotian.
