Because there are quite a few people attending college in Searcy, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Searcy provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Searcy, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.
One of the benefits of Searcy is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.17 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
In terms of college education, Searcy 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: 31.02% of adults in Searcy have a college degree.
The per capita income in Searcy in 2018 was $25,551, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,204 for a family of four. However, Searcy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Searcy is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Searcy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Searcy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Searcy include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Searcy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
