It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Mena 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. Mena has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mena than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mena may be for you.
One of the benefits of Mena is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.12 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Mena does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Mena with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.79% of adults in Mena have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mena in 2022 was $31,725, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,900 for a family of four. However, Mena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mena residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mena include Irish, English, German, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Mena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
