Eureka Springs is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,190 people and three associated neighborhoods, Eureka Springs is the 147th largest community in Arkansas. Eureka Springs real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Eureka Springs house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Eureka Springs is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.29% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Eureka Springs is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eureka Springs who work in food service (16.65%), sales jobs (15.01%), and management occupations (13.80%). Also of interest is that Eureka Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.03% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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!) Eureka Springs 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. Eureka Springs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Eureka Springs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Eureka Springs may be for you. One of the benefits of Eureka Springs is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.17 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. As is often the case in a small city, Eureka Springs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Eureka Springs is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.30% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Eureka Springs in 2022 was $30,214, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,856 for a family of four. However, Eureka Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Eureka Springs is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Eureka Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eureka Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Eureka Springs include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Eureka Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.
