Weiner - Fisher is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,358 people and just one neighborhood, Weiner - Fisher is the 183rd largest community in Arkansas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Weiner - Fisher is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 52.72% of the Weiner - Fisher workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Weiner - Fisher is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Weiner - Fisher who work in office and administrative support (14.29%), farm management occupations (9.52%), and maintenance occupations (4.42%).
Being a small town, Weiner - Fisher does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Weiner - Fisher is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.66% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Weiner - Fisher in 2022 was $24,410, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,640 for a family of four. However, Weiner - Fisher contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Weiner - Fisher is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Weiner - Fisher home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Weiner - Fisher residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Weiner - Fisher include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Weiner - Fisher is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 9.5% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Furthermore, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 43.2% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.3% of American neighborhoods.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 6 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.0% of America.
Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Weiner - Fisher neighborhood.
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 Weiner - Fisher are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.9% 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, 43.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 16.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.6%), and 14.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households.
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 Weiner - Fisher, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report English roots (3.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.3%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.3%) 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 (10.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.