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!) Mena 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. Mena has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mena than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mena may be for you.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.12 minutes getting to work every day.
Mena 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.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Mena rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.79% of adults 25 and older in Mena have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Mena in 2022 was $31,725, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,900 for a family of four. However, Mena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mena residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mena include Irish, English, German, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Mena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
