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Pearcy, AR

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Overview


Pearcy is a tiny town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 306 people and just one neighborhood, Pearcy is the 272nd largest community in Arkansas.

Pearcy real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Pearcy house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Pearcy, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.91% of Pearcy’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Pearcy is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pearcy who work in sales jobs (23.46%), food service (14.81%), and personal care services (7.72%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Pearcy 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.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pearcy has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pearcy a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Pearcy spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.30 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Pearcy with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.11% of adults in Pearcy have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pearcy in 2022 was $22,838, which is lower middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,352 for a family of four.

The people who call Pearcy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pearcy residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Pearcy include English, German, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Pearcy is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Langs. of India.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

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 Pearcy are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.8% 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, 32.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (26.0%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% 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 Pearcy, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (11.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.6%), and residents who report German roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.1%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (78.8%) 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 (10.3%) . 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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