Diaz’s household incomes are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 25.1% of residents, next to 16.0% across Arkansas. The two grades for Diaz are D− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes; Arkansas averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Diaz stands out on work
Diaz makes and builds things
91% of the jobs based in Diaz are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Diaz residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Diaz pay better than its residents’ jobs
85% of the jobs based in Diaz pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 42% of the jobs Diaz residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Diaz. The jobs ↓
Diaz and Newport trade workers both ways
Newport is the top workplace for Diaz residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Diaz come from (30% of its jobs). 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; with 400 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Diaz’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Diaz is better than 5% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Diaz’s grade.
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Diaz’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Diaz could be anywhere from D− to D.
Factories, building and farms: 91% of the jobs in Diaz
519 jobs are based in Diaz.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Diaz, 2013 → 2023: 420 → 519. 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 Diaz’s own residents hold wherever they work.
36% of working residents work in Newport
Where Diaz clocks in
36% of workers
8% 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.
In and out of Diaz on a workday
On a workday 375 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 494 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Diaz on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Diaz takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Diaz workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 444 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where in the region Diaz works
About 26% 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.
Diaz is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Diaz is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Diaz 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 491 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). 9.0% of Diaz households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Diaz’s commuters take a bus or train.
Diaz and other U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Roland AR | 1,147 | $175K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 372 | Wooster AR | 1,150 | $112K | 5.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,170 | Redfield AR | 1,492 | $72K | 8.3% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,898 | Alto Bonito Heights TX | 1,121 | $36K | 81.0% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
| 3,899 | Murfreesboro AR | 1,443 | $53K | 20.7% | 3.7% | 24% | D− |
| 3,900 | Diaz AR | 1,200 | $49K | 25.1% | 7.2% | 6% | D− |
| 3,901 | Ordway CO | 1,053 | $55K | 18.6% | 3.5% | 16% | D− |
| 3,902 | Linn MO | 1,453 | $36K | 25.5% | 0.2% | 16% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Diaz, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
Next door is work for 36% of Diaz
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Newport. Darker towns draw more of Diaz’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 Diaz: questions
What is the median household income in Diaz?
$49,120 (±$8,300) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Diaz?
25.1%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Diaz?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Diaz work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport (36%, 2 mi), Jonesboro (8%, 35 mi), Batesville (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Diaz walkable?
Diaz is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Diaz without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Diaz, from the people who make the trip.
More of Diaz
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.