Rose Bud is a tiny town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 501 people and just one neighborhood, Rose Bud is the 241st largest community in Arkansas.
Rose Bud is a blue-collar town, with 48.20% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Rose Bud is a town of construction workers and builders, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rose Bud who work in office and administrative support (9.46%), food service (8.56%), and management occupations (6.76%).
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!) Rose Bud 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. Rose Bud has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rose Bud than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rose Bud may be for you.
Being a small town, Rose Bud does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Rose Bud is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.53% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Rose Bud in 2022 was $26,225, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,900 for a family of four. However, Rose Bud contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rose Bud home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rose Bud residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Rose Bud include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Rose Bud 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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 40.4% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.7% of the neighborhoods in 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 Rose Bud are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.3% 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, 36.1% 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 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.5%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.7%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Rose Bud, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (10.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.6%), and residents who report German roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.0%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.9%) 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 (16.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.