Arp is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 954 people and two associated neighborhoods, Arp is the 845th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Arp is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Arp is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arp who work in management occupations (15.72%), sales jobs (11.84%), and office and administrative support (11.48%). A relatively large number of people in Arp telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.72% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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!) Arp 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. Arp has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Arp than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Arp may be for you. Being a small city, Arp does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Arp is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.67% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Arp in 2022 was $22,834, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,336 for a family of four. However, Arp contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Arp is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Arp home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arp residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Arp include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Arp is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.
