St. Francis - Greenway is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,843 people and just one neighborhood, St. Francis - Greenway is the 166th largest community in Arkansas.
When you are in St. Francis - Greenway, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.23% of St. Francis - Greenway’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, St. Francis - Greenway is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Francis - Greenway who work in teaching (15.40%), management occupations (14.56%), and sales jobs (8.46%).
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, St. Francis - Greenway has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes St. Francis - Greenway a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, St. Francis - Greenway doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, St. Francis - Greenway is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.53% of adults 25 and older in St. Francis - Greenway have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in St. Francis - Greenway in 2022 was $24,455, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,820 for a family of four. However, St. Francis - Greenway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call St. Francis - Greenway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Francis - Greenway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Francis - Greenway include Irish, English, German, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in St. Francis - Greenway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Persian and German/Yiddish.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 11 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 7.1% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 St. Francis - Greenway are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.6% 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, 39.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.7%), and 9.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.9%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in St. Francis - Greenway, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (16.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report German roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.9%), 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 (40.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.7%) 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 (8.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.