Amity is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 676 people and just one neighborhood, Amity is the 222nd largest community in Arkansas.
When you are in Amity, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.35% of Amity’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Amity is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Amity who work in office and administrative support (11.15%), healthcare suport services (10.83%), and food service (10.19%).
Of important note, Amity is also a city of artists. Amity has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Amity’s character.
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, Amity has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Amity a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Amity 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.
The citizens of Amity are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.56% of adults in Amity have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Amity in 2022 was $16,070, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,280 for a family of four. However, Amity contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Amity also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.68% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Amity is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Amity home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Amity residents report their race to be White. Amity also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.56% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Amity include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Amity is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
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.
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 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 86.6% of the neighborhoods in AR. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students. In addition to being an excellent choice for college students, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.
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 Amity are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 47.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 29.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.0%), and 20.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% 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 Amity, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (10.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report German roots (3.6%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.2%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.8%) 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 (10.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.