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, Mountainburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mountainburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Mountainburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mountainburg, the average commute to work is 36.68 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Mountainburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Mountainburg have a very low rate of college education: just 8.79% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Mountainburg in 2022 was $24,000, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,000 for a family of four. However, Mountainburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mountainburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mountainburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mountainburg include Irish, English, German, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Mountainburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
