S.D. Merritt House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Greenbrier trail those of 78% of U.S. towns
Greenbrier grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. The poverty rate is 10.1%, where Arkansas as a whole has 16.0%. About one in ten work in Greenbrier itself; outside it, Conway draws the most (28%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Greenbrier, in brief
Greenbrier and Conway trade workers both ways
Conway is the top workplace for Greenbrier residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Greenbrier come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Greenbrier workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Inside Greenbrier’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greenbrier is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #41 of 123 in Arkansas. Unemployment holds Greenbrier’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($57,214, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenbrier could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Where people from Greenbrier work
Where Greenbrier clocks in
28% of workers
17% of workers
5% 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 daily trip from Greenbrier: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenbrier workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,713 commuters (the 7% 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.
How a workday changes Greenbrier
On a workday 2,251 residents head out to work, 268 work right here, and 1,646 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 (0.76 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.
What work there is in Greenbrier: 1,914 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenbrier, 2013 → 2023: 1,660 → 1,914. 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 Greenbrier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Greenbrier works
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.
In Greenbrier, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenbrier is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #78 of 123 in Arkansas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 2,909 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). 4.3% of Greenbrier households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenbrier’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greenbrier is 1,972nd of 3,201 U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 445 | Cave Springs AR | 6,701 | $146K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,153 | Shannon Hills AR | 4,829 | $71K | 3.9% | 4.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,303 | Tontitown AR | 8,046 | $86K | 4.7% | 6.0% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,970 | Kanab UT | 5,332 | $85K | 5.6% | 4.7% | 49% | B− |
| 1,971 | Etowah NC | 7,968 | $73K | 14.4% | 2.8% | 6% | B− |
| 1,972 | Greenbrier AR | 6,645 | $57K | 10.1% | 3.3% | 11% | B− |
| 1,973 | Ocean City FL | 5,941 | $59K | 9.2% | 4.4% | 5% | B− |
| 1,974 | Pinckneyville IL | 4,903 | $70K | 9.1% | 3.3% | 24% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,201 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Greenbrier, 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 Greenbrier: questions
What is the median household income in Greenbrier?
$57,214 (±$6,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenbrier?
10.1%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenbrier?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenbrier work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conway (28%, 12 mi), Little Rock (17%, 35 mi), North Little Rock (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenbrier walkable?
Greenbrier is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenbrier
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.