Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 3.0Gravette’s household incomes are lower than in 61% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Gravette B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Below the poverty line: 5.8% of residents, against 16.0% across Arkansas. About one in ten stay in Gravette for work; outside it, Bentonville is the main destination (24%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Gravette: the gist
Gravette trades workers with the towns around it
Gravette has about as many jobs (1,524) as working residents (1,666), but they are mostly different people: 1,499 residents leave for work each day while 1,357 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Gravette are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Gravette has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Gravette went from 1,023 in 2013 to 1,524 in 2023, +49%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Gravette’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Gravette’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($68,214, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gravette could be anywhere from C to A.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,499 residents head out to work, 167 work right here, and 1,357 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 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.
The 1,524 jobs based in Gravette
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gravette, 2013 → 2023: 1,023 → 1,524. 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 Gravette’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Gravette commutes to
Where Gravette clocks in
24% of workers
10% 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Gravette
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gravette workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,539 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.
Gravette’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Gravette is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gravette is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #94 of 123 in Arkansas. Both inputs place Gravette 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 1,676 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 Gravette households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gravette’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Gravette is 1,714th among 4,364 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 178 | Johnson AR | 3,684 | $96K | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 224 | Austin AR | 4,017 | $114K | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 425 | Highfill AR | 3,676 | $93K | 4.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Lewes DE | 3,826 | $96K | 7.9% | 4.1% | 16% | B |
| 1,713 | Indialantic FL | 3,096 | $104K | 10.2% | 5.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,714 | Gravette AR | 3,889 | $68K | 5.8% | 3.5% | 10% | B |
| 1,715 | Sprague CT | 2,954 | $93K | 8.1% | 4.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,716 | Hamblen Township IN | 4,525 | $87K | 9.4% | 1.9% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Gravette, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
Work in the towns next to Gravette
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gravette workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravette | – | B | C− | 22 min | $68,214 |
| Bella Vista | under 2% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $88,055 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gravette’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 Gravette: questions
What is the median household income in Gravette?
$68,214 (±$8,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gravette?
5.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gravette?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gravette work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bentonville (24%, 9 mi), Rogers (10%, 14 mi), Springdale (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gravette walkable?
Gravette is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gravette 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 Gravette, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gravette
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.