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Canehill, AR

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Overview


Canehill is a tiny town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 74 people and just one neighborhood, Canehill is the 338th largest community in Arkansas. Canehill 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 Canehill, where the median household income is .

Canehill real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Canehill house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Canehill is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Canehill is a town of managers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Canehill who work in management occupations (65.79%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and sales jobs (0.00%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Canehill is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Canehill a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Canehill has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Canehill’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in Canehill, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 47.37 minutes every day commuting to work.

Canehill is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Canehill, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Canehill does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Canehill citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.21% of adults in Canehill have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

Canehill is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Canehill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Canehill residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Canehill include Scottish, French, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Canehill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Persian and Portuguese.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Canehill is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in AR, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.0% of the neighborhoods in Arkansas. If you are considering retiring to Arkansas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Canehill are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 32.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.2%), and 14.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Canehill, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (10.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.4%), and residents who report English roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (5.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (87.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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