Smackover is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,581 people and just one neighborhood, Smackover is the 174th largest community in Arkansas.
Smackover is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Smackover is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Smackover who work in office and administrative support (19.57%), teaching (13.23%), and sales jobs (9.14%).
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!) Smackover 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. Smackover has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Smackover than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Smackover may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Smackover doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Smackover overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Smackover, 23.79% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Smackover in 2022 was $27,626, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,504 for a family of four. However, Smackover contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Smackover is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Smackover home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Smackover residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Smackover include English, Scots-Irish, Irish, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Smackover is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish 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 Smackover are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.8% of U.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, 32.5% 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 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.8%), and 19.3% 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 99.4% 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 Smackover, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.3%), and residents who report Scots-Irish roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.9%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.1%) 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 (10.1%) and 5.1% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.