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.
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%).
Pearcy’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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.
One of the benefits of Pearcy is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.30 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Pearcy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Pearcy rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.11% of adults 25 and older in Pearcy have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
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.
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 Pearcy, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 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.
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, 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.
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 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.
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.