Mabelvale is a somewhat small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 9,161 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mabelvale is the 44th largest community in Arkansas.When you are in Mabelvale, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.32% of Mabelvale’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Mabelvale is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Mabelvale who work in office and administrative support (12.09%), healthcare (10.19%), and sales jobs (8.67%). Also of interest is that Mabelvale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Mabelvale telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.18% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. 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!) Mabelvale 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. Mabelvale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mabelvale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mabelvale may be for you. One downside of living in Mabelvale is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mabelvale, the average commute to work is 30.41 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The percentage of adults in Mabelvale who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.57% of the adults in Mabelvale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Mabelvale in 2022 was $31,136, 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 $124,544 for a family of four. However, Mabelvale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mabelvale is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mabelvale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mabelvale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mabelvale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.00% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mabelvale include German, English, Irish, French, and African. The most common language spoken in Mabelvale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
