Holly Grove is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 447 people and just one neighborhood, Holly Grove is the 247th largest community in Arkansas.
When you are in Holly Grove, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 71.20% of Holly Grove’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Holly Grove is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Holly Grove who work in sales jobs (15.76%), farm management occupations (6.52%), and personal care services (4.35%).
One downside of living in Holly Grove is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Holly Grove, the average commute to work is 30.33 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Holly Grove does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Holly Grove with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.71% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Holly Grove in 2022 was $19,081, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,324 for a family of four. However, Holly Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Holly Grove also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 48.58% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Holly Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Holly Grove residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Holly Grove include African, Dutch, Polish, English, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Holly Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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.
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 7.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 98.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 38.9% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.9% of this neighborhood's residents have African 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 Holly Grove are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 48.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.3% 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, 31.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 22.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.8%), and 17.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.
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 Holly Grove, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (5.9%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (5.9%), and residents who report German roots (5.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.4%), among others.
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 (36.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.5%) 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.