Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Mena is worth considering.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Mena spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.53 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Mena 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.
In terms of college education, Mena is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.89% of adults 25 and older in Mena have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mena in 2022 was $31,985, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,940 for a family of four. However, Mena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mena residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mena include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Mena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
