Edmondson is a tiny town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 240 people and just one neighborhood, Edmondson is the 287th largest community in Arkansas.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Edmondson is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Edmondson is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Edmondson who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (23.48%), food service (12.12%), and sales jobs (9.09%).
A relatively large number of people in Edmondson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 31.50% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The overall crime rate in Edmondson is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Edmondson has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Edmondson a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Edmondson is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Edmondson, the average commute to work is 30.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Edmondson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Edmondson has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.61% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Edmondson in 2022 was $16,942, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,768 for a family of four. Edmondson also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.34% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Edmondson is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Edmondson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Edmondson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Edmondson include Irish, Italian, German, European, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Edmondson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Also of note, 64.2% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
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 9 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.2% of America.
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 Edmondson are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 64.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 97.8% 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, 28.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.9%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% 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 Edmondson, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (5.1%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (1.3%).
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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (36.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (72.6%) 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 (13.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.