Norphlet - Calion is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 3,837 people and just one neighborhood, Norphlet - Calion is the 96th largest community in Arkansas.
Norphlet - Calion is a blue-collar town, with 35.26% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Norphlet - Calion is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Norphlet - Calion who work in office and administrative support (21.76%), management occupations (13.43%), and maintenance occupations (7.02%).
Also of interest is that Norphlet - Calion has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
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!) Norphlet - Calion 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. Norphlet - Calion has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Norphlet - Calion than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Norphlet - Calion may be for you.
Norphlet - Calion is a small town, 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 Norphlet - Calion with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.98% of adults in Norphlet - Calion have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Norphlet - Calion in 2022 was $28,294, 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 $113,176 for a family of four. However, Norphlet - Calion contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Norphlet - Calion is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Norphlet - Calion home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Norphlet - Calion residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Norphlet - Calion include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Norphlet - Calion is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Norphlet - Calion, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.8% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.9% of all American 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 91.4% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
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 Norphlet - Calion are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.4% 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, 34.8% 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 24.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.3%), and 16.7% 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 96.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.2%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Norphlet - Calion, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (8.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.0%), and residents who report Mexican roots (4.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 (49.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.8%) 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 (6.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.