It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Waldron 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. Waldron has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Waldron than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Waldron may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Waldron spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.24 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Waldron does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Waldron with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.15% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Waldron in 2022 was $18,187, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,748 for a family of four.
Waldron is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Waldron home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waldron residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Waldron also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.12% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Waldron include Irish, English, German, Dutch West Indian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Waldron is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
