Mena is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 5,618 people and four associated neighborhoods, Mena is the 65th largest community in Arkansas.
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, Mena has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mena a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Mena spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.53 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Mena 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 percentage of adults in Mena who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.89% of the adults in Mena have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mena in 2022 was $31,985, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,940 for a family of four. However, Mena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mena residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mena include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Mena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.