Averitt House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Genoa commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Genoa is behind 89% of U.S. towns. Employers in Genoa report 45 jobs, and 371 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Genoa are D for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Genoa and work: the main findings
Genoa and Texarkana trade workers both ways
Texarkana is the top workplace for Genoa residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Genoa come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Genoa is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Genoa, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Genoa has about 790 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Genoa workers cross into Texas
32% of Genoa workers work outside Arkansas, most of them in Texas, the Census survey finds. 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 371 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Genoa’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Genoa is better than 13% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Genoa’s grade up (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($49,183, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Genoa’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Genoa could be anywhere from D to B−.
32% of working residents work in Texarkana
Where Genoa clocks in
32% of workers
29% of workers
2% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Genoa
On a workday 370 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Genoa on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 31% of Genoa’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Genoa, 2013 → 2023: 288 → 45. 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 Genoa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Arkansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Genoa workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 336 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Genoa
About 21% 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.
Most of Genoa commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Genoa is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Genoa 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 367 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). 3.6% of Genoa households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Genoa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Genoa places 2,932nd of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Roland AR | 1,147 | $175K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 315 | Wooster AR | 1,150 | $112K | 5.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,006 | Redfield AR | 1,492 | $72K | 8.3% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,930 | Oblong IL | 1,352 | $58K | 13.9% | 3.3% | 13% | D |
| 2,931 | Burdell Township MI | 1,446 | $71K | 19.7% | 4.0% | 1% | D |
| 2,932 | Genoa AR | 1,113 | $49K | 19.4% | 0.0% | <1% | D |
| 2,933 | Hazen AR | 1,374 | $49K | 14.7% | 1.5% | 11% | D |
| 2,934 | Lincoln Center KS | 1,136 | $49K | 9.6% | 4.4% | 19% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Genoa, 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 Genoa: questions
What is the median household income in Genoa?
$49,183 (±$10,692) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Genoa?
19.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Genoa?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Genoa work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Texarkana (32%, 7 mi), Texarkana (29%, 13 mi), Little Rock (2%, 128 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Genoa walkable?
Genoa is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Genoa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Genoa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Genoa
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.