With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Grubbs works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Grubbs itself; outside it, Jonesboro draws the most (15%, 25 miles). 13 jobs are based in Grubbs, against 66 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Grubbs
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Grubbs on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Commuting out of Grubbs: the destinations
Where Grubbs clocks in
15% of workers
14% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 77% of the jobs in Grubbs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grubbs, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 13. 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 Grubbs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Grubbs
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grubbs workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Grubbs works
About 44% 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.
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 Grubbs: questions
What is the median household income in Grubbs?
$78,750 (±$42,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grubbs?
17.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grubbs?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grubbs work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jonesboro (15%, 25 mi), Newport (14%, 9 mi), Batesville (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grubbs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grubbs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grubbs
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.