Gurdon is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,836 people and just one neighborhood, Gurdon is the 169th largest community in Arkansas.
When you are in Gurdon, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 53.65% of Gurdon’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Gurdon is a city of farmers, fishers, or foresters, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gurdon who work in farm management occupations (18.93%), office and administrative support (15.80%), and management occupations (8.35%).
Another important characteristic of Gurdon is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
The city 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, Gurdon has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gurdon a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The percentage of adults in Gurdon with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.92% of adults in Gurdon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Gurdon in 2022 was $22,309, 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 $89,236 for a family of four. However, Gurdon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gurdon is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gurdon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gurdon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gurdon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.78% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gurdon include English, Irish, Scottish, German, and European.
The most common language spoken in Gurdon 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.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.4% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 22 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.3% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.2% of this neighborhood's residents have French 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 Gurdon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America'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, 36.8% 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 19.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.9%), and 14.9% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (10.1%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Gurdon, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (9.9%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report German roots (3.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (71.8%) 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 (16.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.