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!) Heber Springs 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. Heber Springs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Heber Springs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Heber Springs may be for you.
Being a small city, Heber Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Heber Springs with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.53% of adults in Heber Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Heber Springs in 2022 was $30,995, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,980 for a family of four. However, Heber Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Heber Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Heber Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Heber Springs include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Heber Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
