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Rector, AR

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Overview


Rector is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,824 people and just one neighborhood, Rector is the 167th largest community in Arkansas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Rector isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rector are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rector is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rector who work in office and administrative support (19.17%), sales jobs (10.83%), and healthcare suport services (7.92%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Rector is worth considering.

Rector 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.

Demographics

In Rector, just 12.56% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Rector in 2022 was $22,017, 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 $88,068 for a family of four. However, Rector contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Rector home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rector residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Rector include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Rector is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Rector, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 24.4% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

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 96.0% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

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 Rector are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.4% 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, 25.6% of the working population is employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.1%), and 20.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% 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 Rector, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.1%), and residents who report German roots (11.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (82.1%) 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 (9.4%) . 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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