Arkadelphia is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 10,258 people and four associated neighborhoods, Arkadelphia is the 38th largest community in Arkansas. Arkadelphia real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Arkadelphia house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Arkadelphia is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Arkadelphia is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arkadelphia who work in food service (14.61%), sales jobs (11.20%), and personal care services (10.94%). Of important note, Arkadelphia is also a city of artists. Arkadelphia has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Arkadelphia’s character. Arkadelphia is a place where college students are a big part of the character and culture of the town. Small towns have often struggled with declining populations over the past few decades, but the presence of such a large college student population has helped Arkadelphia to fight this trend. Not only does the college population add spending and jobs to local economy, but it also contributes a very tangible, youthful energy to the town. One of the benefits of Arkadelphia is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.31 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 city, Arkadelphia does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Arkadelphia is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.57% of adults in Arkadelphia have a college degree. The per capita income in Arkadelphia in 2022 was $20,130, 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 $80,520 for a family of four. However, Arkadelphia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Arkadelphia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Arkadelphia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arkadelphia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Arkadelphia include English, Irish, German, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Arkadelphia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
