Ward is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 6,623 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ward is the 59th largest community in Arkansas. Much of the housing stock in Ward was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Ward economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Ward, where the median household income is $74,688.00.Ward is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ward is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ward who work in healthcare (16.74%), sales jobs (14.09%), and office and administrative support (11.62%). In Ward, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.60 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small city, Ward does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Ward who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.54% of the adults in Ward have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Ward in 2022 was $27,358, 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 $109,432 for a family of four. However, Ward contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ward is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ward home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ward residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ward include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Ward is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog.
