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.Unlike some towns, Arkdale isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Arkdale are a mix of both white- and blue-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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.26% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town. Arkdale’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Arkdale has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Arkdale a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. 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.In terms of college education, Arkdale is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.13% of adults in Arkdale have a college degree. 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.
