The city 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, Mountainburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mountainburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
For a small city, Mountainburg has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Mountainburg exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The education level of Mountainburg citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.33% of adults 25 and older in Mountainburg have a college degree.
The per capita income in Mountainburg in 2022 was $24,643, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,572 for a family of four. However, Mountainburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mountainburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mountainburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mountainburg include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Mountainburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
