Deer is a tiny town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 135 people and just one neighborhood, Deer is the 317th largest community in Arkansas. Much of the housing stock in Deer was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Deer economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Deer, where the median household income is .
When you are in Deer, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 56.36% of Deer’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Deer is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Deer who work in healthcare suport services (29.09%), sales jobs (14.55%), and office and administrative support (0.00%).
Overall, Deer’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Deer 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. Deer has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Deer than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Deer may be for you.
Deer is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Deer, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Deer is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Deer who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.72% of the adults in Deer have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Deer in 2022 was $30,278, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,112 for a family of four. However, Deer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Deer also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.44% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Deer is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Deer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Deer residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Deer include Dutch, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Deer is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Deer, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 6 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 34.6%, which is higher than 96.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you are planning to retire in Arkansas, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Arkansas, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.0% of neighborhoods in AR. If a Arkansas retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 1.3% have Swiss ancestry.
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 Deer are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.7% 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, 42.5% 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 (16.4%), and 15.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Deer, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.3%), and residents who report German roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.4%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (37.3% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (83.6%) 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 (8.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.