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Brookland, AR

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Overview


Brookland is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 4,369 people and just one neighborhood, Brookland is the 91st largest community in Arkansas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Brookland, 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 Brookland, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Brookland’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Brookland does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $65,688.00.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Brookland, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.52% of Brookland’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Brookland is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Brookland who work in office and administrative support (18.33%), healthcare (8.70%), and maintenance occupations (7.29%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Brookland is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.44% of adults 25 and older in Brookland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Brookland in 2022 was $28,324, 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 $113,296 for a family of four. However, Brookland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 93.7% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.1% of all American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh 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 Brookland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.8% 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, 33.9% 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 32.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.6%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.8%).

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 Brookland, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (11.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.6%), and residents who report Welsh roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.7%), along with some English ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (63.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (93.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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