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, Mena has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mena a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.12 minutes getting to work every day.
Mena is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Mena rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.79% of adults 25 and older in Mena have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
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.
