Lake City - Bay is a somewhat small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 5,922 people and just one neighborhood, Lake City - Bay is the 62nd largest community in Arkansas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lake City - Bay is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.61% of the Lake City - Bay workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lake City - Bay is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake City - Bay who work in office and administrative support (13.04%), healthcare (8.33%), and sales jobs (8.19%).
As is often the case in a small town, Lake City - Bay doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Lake City - Bay rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.01% of adults 25 and older in Lake City - Bay have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Lake City - Bay in 2022 was $26,578, 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 $106,312 for a family of four. However, Lake City - Bay contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lake City - Bay home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake City - Bay residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lake City - Bay include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Lake City - Bay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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The neighbors in the neighborhood in Lake City - Bay are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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In the neighborhood, 34.8% 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 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.5%), and 15.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% 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 Lake City - Bay, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report English roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.7%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.9%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.0%) 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 (9.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.