Altheimer is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 657 people and two associated neighborhoods, Altheimer is the 220th largest community in Arkansas.Altheimer is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Altheimer is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Altheimer who work in teaching (26.32%), office and administrative support (22.01%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.61%). 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, Altheimer has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Altheimer a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Altheimer, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.03 minutes every day commuting to work. Altheimer is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Altheimer, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities. Altheimer 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.The population of Altheimer 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 Altheimer, 23.56% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Altheimer in 2022 was $20,371, which is lower middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,484 for a family of four. However, Altheimer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Altheimer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Altheimer residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Altheimer include African, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander. The most common language spoken in Altheimer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Pacific Island languages and Spanish.
