Rollins Hospital · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Gassville has lower household incomes than 97% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Gassville are D for jobs and income and C for walkability. 17.8% of residents are in poverty (Arkansas 16.0%). Only 5% stay in Gassville for work; outside it, Mountain Home is the main destination (36%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Gassville
Gassville and Mountain Home trade workers both ways
Mountain Home is the top workplace for Gassville residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Gassville come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Gassville residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Gassville
47% of Gassville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 26% of the jobs based in Gassville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 759 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Gassville: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Gassville is better than 7% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Gassville’s grade up (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($38,750, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (8.4%) is left out: Gassville’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, Gassville could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The places Gassville commutes to
Where Gassville clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Gassville
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Inside Gassville’s 404 jobs
404 jobs are based in Gassville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gassville, 2014 → 2024: 379 → 404. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gassville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Gassville by day
On a workday 723 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 368 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Gassville on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.53 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 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Gassville: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gassville workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 665 commuters (the 4% 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 commute in Gassville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gassville is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Arkansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 695 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). 4.9% of Gassville households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gassville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gassville places 5,059th of 5,641 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 233 | Goshen AR | 2,405 | $150K | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 356 | Salem AR | 2,642 | $74K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,057 | Boles Acres NM | 1,848 | $53K | 16.2% | 1.8% | 1% | D |
| 5,058 | Siesta Acres TX | 1,573 | $35K | 20.7% | 12.1% | <1% | D |
| 5,059 | Gassville AR | 2,205 | $39K | 17.8% | 8.4% | 5% | D |
| 5,060 | Trenton GA | 2,236 | $39K | 14.8% | 6.2% | 25% | D |
| 5,061 | Edmonton KY | 1,713 | $51K | 26.5% | 5.3% | 24% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Gassville, 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 2024, 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 Gassville: questions
What is the median household income in Gassville?
$38,750 (±$12,234) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gassville?
17.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gassville?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gassville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mountain Home (36%, 7 mi), Fayetteville (4%, 95 mi), Flippin (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Gassville walkable?
Gassville is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gassville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gassville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gassville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.