Doe Branch Post Office · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly anyone in Avilla is out of work
Avilla grades A+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Avilla is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns. Hardly any stay in Avilla for work; outside it, Little Rock is the main destination (44%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Avilla apart
Avilla is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Avilla, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Avilla has about 1,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
44% of Avilla works in Little Rock
293 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Little Rock, 13 miles away. That’s 44 times as many as work in Avilla itself. The commute map ↓
Avilla workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 667 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Avilla: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Avilla is better than 97% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Avilla could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who works in Avilla, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 663 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Avilla on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Avilla commutes to
Where Avilla clocks in
44% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Arkansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avilla workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 966 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A place that makes things: 48% of Avilla’s jobs are in goods
56 jobs are based in Avilla.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avilla, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 56. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avilla’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Avilla
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Avilla, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Avilla is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.0% across Arkansas, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,100 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Avilla households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Avilla’s commuters take a bus or train.
136th of 5,656: where Avilla ranks among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| 135 | Colma CA | 1,385 | $148K | 6.7% | 4.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 136 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 137 | Queen Anne MD | 1,443 | $103K | 4.0% | 19.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 138 | Leland Grove IL | 1,401 | $131K | 2.9% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 220 | Goshen AR | 2,405 | $150K | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,003 | West Fork AR | 2,373 | $78K | 3.1% | 3.5% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,465 | Mayflower AR | 2,372 | $76K | 5.6% | 4.4% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Avilla, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Avilla: questions
What is the median household income in Avilla?
$106,290 (±$54,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avilla?
0.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avilla?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avilla work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Rock (44%, 13 mi), Benton (11%, 8 mi), Bryant (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Avilla walkable?
Avilla is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Avilla without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avilla, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avilla
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.