It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Mena 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. Mena has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mena than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mena may be for you.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.23 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Mena does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Mena citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.43% of adults 25 and older in Mena have a college degree.
The per capita income in Mena in 2022 was $27,560, 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 $110,240 for a family of four. However, Mena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mena residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mena include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Mena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
