Eureka Springs is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,188 people and three associated neighborhoods, Eureka Springs is the 147th largest community in Arkansas. Eureka Springs real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Eureka Springs house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities, Eureka Springs isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Eureka Springs are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Eureka Springs is a city of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Eureka Springs who work in management occupations (15.36%), food service (11.92%), and sales jobs (10.53%). Also of interest is that Eureka Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Eureka Springs is also a city of artists. Eureka Springs has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Eureka Springs’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 20.11% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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, Eureka Springs has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Eureka Springs a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Eureka Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Eureka Springs are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.10% of adults in Eureka Springs having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Eureka Springs in 2022 was $29,822, 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 $119,288 for a family of four. However, Eureka Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Eureka Springs is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Eureka Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eureka Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Eureka Springs include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Eureka Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
