Central Avenue Bridge · Photo: Kennethrorie · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.9 jobs in Batesville for every working resident, and 10,547 people commute in
The two grades for Batesville are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. 12,862 jobs are based in Batesville, and 4,379 of its residents work somewhere. Measured by household income, Batesville is behind 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Batesville, in brief
Batesville is where the jobs are
Batesville has 12,862 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 20,000 people are in town, 72% more than the 12,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Batesville are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 23 across Arkansas. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arkansas worker. Time on the road ↓
Batesville draws workers from far and wide
The 12,862 jobs in Batesville are filled from a wide area. Batesville’s own residents hold 18% and the ten next-biggest home towns 17%; the other 65% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Inside Batesville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Batesville is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #66 of 123 in Arkansas. Unemployment holds Batesville’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Batesville could be anywhere from D to C+.
The daily commute in and out of Batesville
On a workday 2,064 residents head out to work and 2,315 work right here.
About 20,000 people are in Batesville on a workday afternoon, 72% more than live here.
2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
About 13 minutes to work from Batesville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Batesville workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,535 commuters (the 7% 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.
The daily trip into Batesville
Where Batesville clocks in
4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Batesville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Batesville, 2013 → 2023: 10,848 → 12,862. 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 Batesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Batesville goes to work
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Driving is how Batesville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Batesville is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #29 of 123 in Arkansas. Both inputs place Batesville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,852 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). 8.1% of Batesville households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Batesville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Batesville is 2,295th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 361 | Pea Ridge AR | 11,233 | $96K | 3.2% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 460 | Farmington AR | 10,658 | $90K | 3.8% | 0.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 505 | Lowell AR | 12,184 | $96K | 6.9% | 1.4% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,293 | Bennington VT | 14,953 | $59K | 13.2% | 5.4% | 56% | C− |
| 2,294 | Edwards CO | 10,785 | $82K | 12.5% | 10.3% | 18% | C− |
| 2,295 | Batesville AR | 11,860 | $52K | 26.3% | 3.4% | 53% | C− |
| 2,296 | Mayfield KY | 9,851 | $41K | 26.9% | 3.4% | 30% | C− |
| 2,297 | Airway Heights WA | 11,811 | $63K | 19.5% | 8.9% | 13% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Batesville, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
How Batesville compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Batesville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batesville | – | C− | B | 13 min | $51,856 |
| Moorefield | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Moorefield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Batesville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Batesville: questions
What is the median household income in Batesville?
$51,856 (±$6,808) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Batesville?
26.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Batesville?
13 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Batesville work?
53% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Southside (4%, 3 mi), Little Rock (4%, 83 mi), Searcy (2%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Batesville walkable?
Batesville is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Batesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Batesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Batesville
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.