Elaine is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 456 people and just one neighborhood, Elaine is the 235th largest community in Arkansas.
When you are in Elaine, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.88% of Elaine’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Elaine is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elaine who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (11.22%), farm management occupations (10.71%), and sales jobs (10.20%).
Another important characteristic of Elaine is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
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!) Elaine 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. Elaine has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elaine than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elaine may be for you.
Elaine 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 population of Elaine has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.62% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Elaine in 2022 was $26,687, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,748 for a family of four. However, Elaine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elaine also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.17% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Elaine is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elaine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elaine residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Elaine include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Elaine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Elaine, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 8.9% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 4 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.5% 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.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 19.3% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more African and Sub-Saharan African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 16.4% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry and 16.4% have Sub-Saharan African 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 Elaine are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 27.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.2%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.
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 Elaine, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (16.4%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (16.4%), and residents who report English roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.4%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.4%), 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 (52.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.4%) 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 (16.4%) and 5.7% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.