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Enola, AR

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Overview


Enola is a tiny town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 322 people and just one neighborhood, Enola is the 269th largest community in Arkansas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Enola, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Enola, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Enola’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Enola does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $50,461.00.

Enola real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Enola house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Enola isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Enola are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Enola is a town of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Enola who work in food service (19.44%), healthcare (17.71%), and office and administrative support (11.11%).

A relatively large number of people in Enola telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.38% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Enola is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Enola really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Enola perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Enola, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.89 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Enola does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Enola citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.02% of adults 25 and older in Enola have a college degree.

The per capita income in Enola in 2022 was $22,642, 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 $90,568 for a family of four. However, Enola contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Enola home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Enola residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Enola include Irish, French, English, Polish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Enola is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Enola, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.7%) living in the neighborhood.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Enola are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 26.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.7% 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, 35.0% 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 31.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.7%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Enola, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (4.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (32.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.3%) 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 (10.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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