Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren, 21.94% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Van Buren in 2022 was $29,609, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,436 for a family of four. However, Van Buren contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Van Buren is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Van Buren home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Van Buren residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Van Buren also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Van Buren include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Van Buren is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Laotian.
