Overall, Bismarck’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Bismarck 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. Bismarck has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bismarck than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bismarck may be for you.
One downside of living in Bismarck is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bismarck, the average commute to work is 70.00 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Bismarck is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Bismarck isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Bismarck is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Bismarck ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 0.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bismarck in 2022 was $16,854, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,416 for a family of four.
The people who call Bismarck home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bismarck residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Bismarck include English, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Bismarck is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
