Arkdale is a tiny town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 201 people and two associated neighborhoods, Arkdale is the 502nd largest community in Wisconsin.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Arkdale is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.42% of the Arkdale workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Arkdale is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arkdale who work in sales jobs (20.83%), healthcare (20.83%), and food service (12.50%). Also of interest is that Arkdale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Another notable thing is that Arkdale is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town. Arkdale’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. 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!) Arkdale 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. Arkdale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Arkdale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Arkdale may be for you. Arkdale is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Arkdale is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.96% of adults in Arkdale have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Arkdale in 2022 was $41,525, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,100 for a family of four. However, Arkdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Arkdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arkdale residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Arkdale include German, French Canadian, English, Norwegian, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Arkdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Serbo-Croatian and Italian.
