Alexander is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 3,792 people and two associated neighborhoods, Alexander is the 111th largest community in Arkansas. Alexander has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Alexander, where the median household income is $57,250.00.Unlike some cities, Alexander isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Alexander are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Alexander is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Alexander who work in maintenance occupations (15.92%), office and administrative support (15.61%), and healthcare (8.46%). Also of interest is that Alexander has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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!) Alexander 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. Alexander has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Alexander than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Alexander may be for you. Being a small city, Alexander does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Alexander are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.59% of adults in Alexander have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Alexander in 2022 was $22,551, which is lower middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,204 for a family of four. However, Alexander contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Alexander is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alexander home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alexander residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Alexander also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.85% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alexander include Irish, English, African, German, and Italian. In addition, Alexander has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.22%). The most common language spoken in Alexander is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
