Stamps is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,219 people and just one neighborhood, Stamps is the 190th largest community in Arkansas.
Unlike some cities, Stamps isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Stamps are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Stamps is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stamps who work in maintenance occupations (10.59%), sales jobs (9.91%), and office and administrative support (7.88%).
Also of interest is that Stamps has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
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!) Stamps 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. Stamps has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Stamps than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Stamps may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Stamps doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Stamps with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.93% of adults in Stamps have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Stamps in 2022 was $19,400, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,600 for a family of four. However, Stamps contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Stamps also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.47% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Stamps is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Stamps home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stamps residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Stamps include English, German, Irish, French, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Stamps is English. Other important languages spoken here include Mon-Khmer (Cambodian) and Spanish.
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.
One of the unique characteristics of the neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 5.3% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Arkansas, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Arkansas.
Significantly, 1.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Mon-Khmer, which is the dominant language of Cambodia, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Stamps are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 45.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 31.5% 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 31.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.4%), and 16.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.6% 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 Stamps, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (5.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.5%), and residents who report German roots (1.9%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (1.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.
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 (41.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (83.4%) 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 (11.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.