England’s household incomes are lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
England grades D for jobs and income and B for walkability. Below the poverty line: 27.3% of residents; Arkansas has 16.0%. About one in five work in England; the top destination outside it is Little Rock (23%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where England stands out on work
England’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside England is Little Rock, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (233) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in England than ten years ago
Jobs counted in England fell from 699 in 2013 to 497 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Why England gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, England is better than 14% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds England’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: England’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, England could be anywhere from D to C.
Near or far: the trip to work from England
About 16% 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.
What the 497 jobs in England are
497 jobs are based in England.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in England, 2013 → 2023: 699 → 497. 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 England’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of England, and who commutes in
On a workday 823 residents head out to work, 204 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in England on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.48 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.
Where England goes to work
Where England clocks in
23% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
Time on the road from England: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of England workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 845 commuters (the 8% 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.
Driving is how England gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, England is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.0% across Arkansas, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 916 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). 6.0% of England households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of England’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, England is 4,289th among 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 235 | Goshen AR | 2,405 | $150K | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 354 | Salem AR | 2,642 | $74K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,287 | Campbell FL | 2,123 | $40K | 35.6% | 12.9% | 1% | D |
| 4,288 | West Portsmouth OH | 2,605 | $42K | 13.1% | 6.4% | 5% | D |
| 4,289 | England AR | 2,409 | $47K | 27.3% | 2.4% | 20% | D |
| 4,290 | Rangely CO | 2,304 | $66K | 14.6% | 6.0% | 44% | D |
| 4,291 | Carlisle KY | 2,122 | $49K | 14.8% | 3.0% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 England, 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 England: questions
What is the median household income in England?
$46,544 (±$18,124) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in England?
27.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from England?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in England work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Rock (23%, 26 mi), North Little Rock (11%, 22 mi), Stuttgart (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is England walkable?
England is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around England without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from England, from the people who make the trip.
More of England
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.