Portia is a tiny town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 420 people and just one neighborhood, Portia is the 250th largest community in Arkansas.
Unlike some towns, Portia isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Portia are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Portia is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Portia who work in food service (18.13%), teaching (12.09%), and office and administrative support (10.99%).
The town 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, Portia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Portia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Portia is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Portia has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.45% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Portia in 2022 was $36,810, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,240 for a family of four. However, Portia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Portia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Portia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Portia include English, German, Irish, Swiss, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Portia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Portia, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
An extraordinary 24.0% of the residents of the neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.
In addition, one of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 2.2% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Arkansas. In addition to being an excellent choice for college students, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 14 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Our research reveals that 88.7% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Portia are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.9% 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 58.1% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 35.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.2%), and 18.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.2% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Portia, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report German roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.3%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (88.7%) 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 (7.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.