Rison is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 939 people and just one neighborhood, Rison is the 200th largest community in Arkansas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Rison is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.50% of the Rison workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Rison is a city of professionals, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rison who work in farm management occupations (16.51%), teaching (10.09%), and office and administrative support (9.17%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Rison work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
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, Rison is worth considering.
Rison 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.
The citizens of Rison are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.50% of adults in Rison have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Rison in 2022 was $19,758, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,032 for a family of four. However, Rison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rison also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.91% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Rison is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rison home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rison residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rison include English, Irish, Scandinavian, Other Subsaharan African, and German.
The most common language spoken in Rison is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Italian.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 15 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.0% of all neighborhoods in America, with 29.9% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
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 Rison are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 34.4% 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 29.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.8%), and 9.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% 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 Rison, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report German roots (5.3%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (2.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (85.3%) 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 (9.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.