Stamps is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,219 people and just one neighborhood, Stamps is the 190th largest community in Arkansas.
Stamps is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Stamps is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stamps who work in maintenance occupations (12.87%), sales jobs (7.82%), and healthcare (7.36%).
Also of interest is that Stamps has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
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!) Stamps 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. Stamps has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Stamps than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Stamps may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Stamps doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Stamps with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.49% of adults in Stamps have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Stamps in 2022 was $19,173, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,692 for a family of four. However, Stamps contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Stamps also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.97% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Stamps is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Stamps home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stamps residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Stamps include German, English, Irish, French, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Stamps is English. Other important languages spoken here include Mon-Khmer (Cambodian) and Spanish.
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.
If you are planning to retire in Arkansas, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Arkansas, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 95.5% of neighborhoods in AR. If a Arkansas retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
In addition, the neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.3% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
Significantly, 3.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Mon-Khmer, which is the dominant language of Cambodia, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Stamps are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 35.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 33.1% 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 31.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.4%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Some people also speak Mon-Khmer (the dominant language of Cambodia) (3.3%).
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 Stamps, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (5.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (4.3%), and residents who report Asian roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.9%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 (44.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.3%) 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 (13.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.