Wilmar is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 383 people and just one neighborhood, Wilmar is the 257th largest community in Arkansas.
Wilmar real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Wilmar house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some cities, Wilmar isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wilmar are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wilmar is a city of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wilmar who work in healthcare suport services (25.95%), management occupations (12.66%), and food service (9.49%).
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, Wilmar has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wilmar a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Wilmar does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Wilmar is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.11% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Wilmar in 2022 was $16,682, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,728 for a family of four. Wilmar also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.91% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Wilmar is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wilmar home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wilmar residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Wilmar include African, German, English, Irish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Wilmar is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 39.4% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, 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 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.7% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 Wilmar are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 38.9% 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 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.8%), and 14.2% 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 90.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (10.0%).
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 Wilmar, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.5%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report English roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of Spanish ancestry (2.7%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (70.5%) 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 (15.7%) and 10.2% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.