Luxora - Etowah is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,136 people and just one neighborhood, Luxora - Etowah is the 144th largest community in Arkansas.
When you are in Luxora - Etowah, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.80% of Luxora - Etowah’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Luxora - Etowah is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Luxora - Etowah who work in management occupations (10.07%), law enforcement and fire fighting (7.07%), and maintenance occupations (6.53%).
Luxora - Etowah ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.35% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Luxora - Etowah in 2022 was $17,090, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,360 for a family of four. However, Luxora - Etowah contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Luxora - Etowah is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Luxora - Etowah home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Luxora - Etowah residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Luxora - Etowah include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Luxora - Etowah is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
Of particular note, 12.1% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 95.6% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, the neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 5.9% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Luxora - Etowah are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.2% 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 52.6% 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, 41.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.2%), and 9.3% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.
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 Luxora - Etowah, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (7.7%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report German roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.5%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.6%) 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 (16.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.