Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 3.0Greenland has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 40% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 59% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Arkansas 23, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Greenland; the top destination outside it is Fayetteville (40%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Greenland
What’s behind Greenland’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Greenland is better than 40% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Greenland’s grade up (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Greenland’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, Greenland could be anywhere from C− to B+.
40% of working residents work in Fayetteville
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Greenland clocks in
40% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Greenland quiets down on a workday
On a workday 506 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Greenland on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
What the 186 jobs in Greenland are
186 jobs are based in Greenland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenland, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 186. 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.
About 22 minutes each way, about the AR average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenland workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 604 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Greenland commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Greenland start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenland is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.0% across Arkansas, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 681 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Greenland households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greenland is 2,756th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Greenland, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Roland AR | 1,147 | $175K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 584 | Wooster AR | 1,150 | $112K | 5.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,754 | Wyalusing Township PA | 1,226 | $90K | 9.7% | 3.9% | 21% | C+ |
| 2,755 | Latta OK | 1,405 | $76K | 10.9% | 3.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,756 | Greenland AR | 1,544 | $70K | 13.0% | 3.7% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,757 | Douglas Township IL | 1,977 | $74K | 5.9% | 5.8% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,758 | Skelton Township IN | 1,618 | $84K | 14.0% | 3.1% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
40% of Greenland works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Fayetteville (40%). Darker towns draw more of Greenland’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenland | – | C+ | C− | 22 min | $69,821 |
| Fayetteville | 40% | B− | A | 19 min | $62,695 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Greenland: questions
What is the median household income in Greenland?
$69,821 (±$24,300) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenland?
13.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenland?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenland work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fayetteville (40%, 5 mi), Springdale (13%, 14 mi), Rogers (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenland walkable?
Greenland is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenland
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.