Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Hamburg have lower incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Hamburg; the top destination outside it is Crossett (20%, 12 miles). 32.5% of residents are in poverty, next to 16.0% for Arkansas as a whole. Working from home is the commute for <1% of workers, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hamburg: the gist
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Hamburg
On income, poverty and job access, Hamburg is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hamburg’s grade.
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Hamburg’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hamburg stays D−.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Arkansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamburg workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 838 commuters (the <1% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Hamburg
On a workday 707 residents head out to work, 167 work right here, and 651 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 (0.94 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.
Where Hamburg’s working residents head each day
Where Hamburg clocks in
20% of workers
7% 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.
What work there is in Hamburg: 818 jobs
818 jobs are based in Hamburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,076 → 818. 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 Hamburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Hamburg commutes less than 13 miles
About 26% 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.
Hamburg is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hamburg is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 841 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). 10.0% of Hamburg households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hamburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hamburg next to U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 224 | Goshen AR | 2,405 | $150K | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 335 | Salem AR | 2,642 | $74K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,955 | Clifton TN | 2,344 | $44K | 39.5% | 3.1% | 9% | D− |
| 4,956 | San Augustine TX | 1,839 | $28K | 46.0% | 8.9% | 18% | D− |
| 4,957 | Hamburg AR | 2,364 | $34K | 32.5% | 4.4% | 19% | D− |
| 4,958 | Weed CA | 2,603 | $39K | 33.6% | 11.7% | 26% | D− |
| 4,959 | Century FL | 1,799 | $28K | 22.1% | 7.6% | 6% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Hamburg, 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 Hamburg: questions
What is the median household income in Hamburg?
$34,234 (±$10,951) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamburg?
32.5%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamburg?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamburg work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crossett (20%, 12 mi), Monticello (7%, 28 mi), North Crossett (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hamburg walkable?
Hamburg is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hamburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hamburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamburg
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.