Tuckerman - Swifton is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 3,136 people and just one neighborhood, Tuckerman - Swifton is the 116th largest community in Arkansas.
Tuckerman - Swifton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Tuckerman - Swifton is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tuckerman - Swifton who work in sales jobs (9.16%), office and administrative support (8.81%), and business and financial occupations (8.27%).
Also of interest is that Tuckerman - Swifton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
As is often the case in a small town, Tuckerman - Swifton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Tuckerman - Swifton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.86% of adults 25 and older in Tuckerman - Swifton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Tuckerman - Swifton in 2022 was $26,436, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,744 for a family of four. However, Tuckerman - Swifton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Tuckerman - Swifton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tuckerman - Swifton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tuckerman - Swifton include English, Irish, German, European, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Tuckerman - Swifton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
Our research reveals that 88.3% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 18 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Tuckerman - Swifton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 45.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.3% 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, 33.1% 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 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% 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 Tuckerman - Swifton, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report German roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (2.2%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 (31.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (88.3%) 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 (7.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.