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Mulberry - Dyer, AR

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Overview


Mulberry - Dyer is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 4,548 people and just one neighborhood, Mulberry - Dyer is the 81st largest community in Arkansas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Mulberry - Dyer, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Mulberry - Dyer, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Mulberry - Dyer’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Mulberry - Dyer does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $58,375.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mulberry - Dyer is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mulberry - Dyer is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Mulberry - Dyer who work in management occupations (12.59%), sales jobs (12.30%), and office and administrative support (8.26%).

A relatively large number of people in Mulberry - Dyer telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.14% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Mulberry - Dyer is worth considering.

As is often the case in a small town, Mulberry - Dyer doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Mulberry - Dyer who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.81% of the adults in Mulberry - Dyer have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mulberry - Dyer in 2022 was $27,851, 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 $111,404 for a family of four. However, Mulberry - Dyer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mulberry - Dyer is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mulberry - Dyer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mulberry - Dyer residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mulberry - Dyer include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Mulberry - Dyer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Mulberry - Dyer are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 33.4% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.2%), and 11.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Mulberry - Dyer, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (10.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.7%), and residents who report English roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (47.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (88.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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