Emmet - Rosston is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,127 people and just one neighborhood, Emmet - Rosston is the 148th largest community in Arkansas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Emmet - Rosston is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.00% of the Emmet - Rosston workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Emmet - Rosston is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Emmet - Rosston who work in office and administrative support (21.33%), personal care services (10.16%), and sales jobs (9.48%).
The overall crime rate in Emmet - Rosston is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Emmet - Rosston 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. Emmet - Rosston has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Emmet - Rosston than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Emmet - Rosston may be for you.
One downside of living in Emmet - Rosston, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.84 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Emmet - Rosston does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Emmet - Rosston has a very low overall level of education: only 9.29% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Emmet - Rosston in 2022 was $27,711, 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 $110,844 for a family of four. However, Emmet - Rosston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Emmet - Rosston is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Emmet - Rosston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Emmet - Rosston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Emmet - Rosston include Irish, English, Czechoslovakian, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Emmet - Rosston 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 Emmet - Rosston, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 8 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.6% of America.
With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 89.7% of the neighborhoods in AR. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian 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 Emmet - Rosston are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.7% 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, 35.9% 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 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (24.4%), and 10.3% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% 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 Emmet - Rosston, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.6%), and residents who report Czechoslovakian roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (1.9%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.5%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (28.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (84.6%) 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 (15.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.