Brinkley is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,574 people and just one neighborhood, Brinkley is the 128th largest community in Arkansas.
Brinkley is a blue-collar town, with 46.09% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Brinkley is a city of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brinkley who work in management occupations (13.98%), sales jobs (8.61%), and office and administrative support (6.60%).
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Brinkley 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. Brinkley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brinkley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brinkley may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Brinkley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Brinkley are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.45% of adults in Brinkley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Brinkley in 2022 was $22,137, 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 $88,548 for a family of four. Brinkley also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.87% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Brinkley is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brinkley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brinkley residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Brinkley include African, Irish, English, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Brinkley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and German/Yiddish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 30 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.8% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.4% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry.
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 Brinkley are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 47.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 45.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.1%), and 8.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Brinkley, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (7.4%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (7.4%), and residents who report English roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.9%), along with some Asian 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 (34.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.4%) 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 (18.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.