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Brookland, AR

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Overview


Brookland is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 4,369 people and just one neighborhood, Brookland is the 91st largest community in Arkansas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Brookland, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Brookland, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Brookland’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Brookland does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $65,688.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Brookland is a blue-collar town, with 38.52% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Brookland is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Brookland who work in office and administrative support (18.33%), healthcare (8.70%), and maintenance occupations (7.29%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Brookland is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Brookland who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.44% of the adults in Brookland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Brookland in 2018 was $28,324, 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 $113,296 for a family of four. However, Brookland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Brookland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brookland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brookland include German, Irish, English, Welsh, and Scottish.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 93.7% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.1% of all American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.

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 Brookland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.8% 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, 33.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.6%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Brookland, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (11.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.6%), and residents who report Welsh roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.7%), along with some English ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (63.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (93.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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