Arkdale is a tiny town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 201 people and two associated neighborhoods, Arkdale is the 502nd largest community in Wisconsin.Arkdale is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Arkdale is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arkdale who work in sales jobs (24.56%), management occupations (14.04%), and maintenance occupations (7.02%). Also of interest is that Arkdale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Arkdale telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.26% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Another notable thing is that Arkdale is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Arkdale’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live. Overall, Arkdale’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Arkdale has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Arkdale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Arkdale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Arkdale may be for you. In Arkdale, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.63 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Arkdale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Arkdale citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.13% of adults in Arkdale have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Arkdale in 2022 was $38,740, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,960 for a family of four. However, Arkdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Arkdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arkdale residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Arkdale include German, Norwegian, French Canadian, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Arkdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Serbo-Croatian and Italian.
