Altheimer is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 657 people and two associated neighborhoods, Altheimer is the 220th largest community in Arkansas.Altheimer is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Altheimer is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Altheimer who work in teaching (27.45%), office and administrative support (23.04%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (5.88%). 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!) Altheimer 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. Altheimer has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Altheimer than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Altheimer may be for you. In Altheimer, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.58 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Altheimer is a small city, 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 Altheimer, 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. Altheimer 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 education level of Altheimer citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.17% of adults in Altheimer have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Altheimer in 2022 was $25,264, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,056 for a family of four. However, Altheimer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Altheimer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Altheimer residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Altheimer include African, English, German, Scottish, and Yugoslavian. The most common language spoken in Altheimer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Pacific Island languages and French Creole.
