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Leachville, AR

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Overview


Leachville is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,924 people and just one neighborhood, Leachville is the 155th largest community in Arkansas.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Leachville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.13% of Leachville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Leachville is a city of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leachville who work in office and administrative support (13.92%), maintenance occupations (11.14%), and teaching (8.10%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Leachville is worth considering.

As is often the case in a small city, Leachville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Leachville rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.74% of adults 25 and older in Leachville 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 Leachville in 2022 was $30,561, 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 $122,244 for a family of four. However, Leachville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Leachville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Leachville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leachville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Leachville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Leachville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Basque.

The most common language spoken in Leachville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 56.5% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 99.7% of American neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (22.5%) than in 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 22 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 Leachville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.6% 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, 56.5% 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 19.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.5%), and 8.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (12.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Leachville, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (14.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.9%).

Getting to Work

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 (42.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (77.5%) 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 (22.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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