De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,874 people and just one neighborhood, De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is the 161st largest community in Arkansas.
De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is a blue-collar town, with 40.83% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe who work in office and administrative support (27.51%), healthcare (6.51%), and management occupations (5.92%).
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, De Valls Bluff - Biscoe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes De Valls Bluff - Biscoe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, De Valls Bluff - Biscoe doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.64% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe in 2022 was $31,360, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,440 for a family of four. However, De Valls Bluff - Biscoe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call De Valls Bluff - Biscoe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of De Valls Bluff - Biscoe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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 De Valls Bluff - Biscoe, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 24.7% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 13 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.4% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
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, 5.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in De Valls Bluff - Biscoe are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.3% 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 54.4% of America'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, 39.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.0%), and 11.2% 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 99.6% 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 De Valls Bluff - Biscoe, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report English roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (5.1%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.4%) 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 (9.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.