Bono is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,780 people and just one neighborhood, Bono is the 139th largest community in Arkansas.
Bono is a blue-collar town, with 36.12% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Bono is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bono who work in sales jobs (14.35%), healthcare (11.12%), and office and administrative support (9.60%).
One downside of living in Bono, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.32 minutes every day commuting to work.
Bono 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.
The percentage of adults in Bono with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.29% of adults in Bono have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bono in 2022 was $19,964, 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 $79,856 for a family of four. However, Bono contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bono is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bono home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bono residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bono include German, Irish, English, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bono is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 93.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry.
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 Bono are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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In the neighborhood, 32.7% 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 30.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.3%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.1%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Bono, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (23.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (20.1%), and residents who report English roots (6.8%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.2%) 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 (6.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.