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Brinkley, AR

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Overview


Brinkley is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,574 people and just one neighborhood, Brinkley is the 128th largest community in Arkansas.

Occupations and Workforce

Brinkley is a blue-collar town, with 46.09% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Brinkley is a city of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brinkley who work in management occupations (13.98%), sales jobs (8.61%), and office and administrative support (6.60%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Brinkley has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Brinkley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brinkley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brinkley may be for you.

As is often the case in a small city, Brinkley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Brinkley are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.45% of adults in Brinkley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Brinkley in 2022 was $22,137, 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 $88,548 for a family of four. Brinkley also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.87% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Brinkley is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brinkley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brinkley residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Brinkley include African, Irish, English, German, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Brinkley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 45.7% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.6% of American neighborhoods.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 30 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.4% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Brinkley are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 47.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 45.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.1%), and 8.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% 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 Brinkley, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (7.4%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (7.4%), and residents who report English roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.9%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (76.4%) 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 (18.1%) . 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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