Wilmot is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 392 people and just one neighborhood, Wilmot is the 253rd largest community in Arkansas.
When you are in Wilmot, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.42% of Wilmot’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Wilmot is a city of farmers, fishers, or foresters, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wilmot who work in farm management occupations (28.28%), maintenance occupations (21.21%), and office and administrative support (19.19%).
Another important characteristic of Wilmot is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
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!) Wilmot 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. Wilmot has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wilmot than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wilmot may be for you.
Wilmot is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Wilmot, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.97% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Wilmot is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Wilmot ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.83% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Wilmot in 2022 was $18,016, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,064 for a family of four.
Wilmot is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wilmot home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wilmot residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Wilmot include English, Belgian, Scots-Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Wilmot is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and African languages.
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.
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 11.5% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 98.2% of the neighborhoods in America. 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.
One of the unique characteristics of the neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry.
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 Wilmot are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 31.6% 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 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.0%), and 11.5% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.9% of households.
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 Wilmot, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.0%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.2%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.9%) 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 (12.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.