Alfred W. Henson House · Photo: Wjhannah68 · CC BY-SA 4.0Judsonia’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Judsonia grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 29.0% of residents, next to 16.0% across Arkansas. Only 3% work in Judsonia itself; outside it, Searcy draws the most (40%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Judsonia, in a few figures
40% of Judsonia works in Searcy
260 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Searcy, 5.8 miles away. That’s 13 times as many as work in Judsonia itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Judsonia than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Judsonia fell from 445 in 2013 to 228 in 2023, −49%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Judsonia are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Arkansas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arkansas 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; with 650 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Judsonia’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Judsonia is better than 8% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Judsonia’s grade up (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Judsonia’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, Judsonia could be anywhere from D to C−.
Where the trip to work from Judsonia ends
Where Judsonia clocks in
7% of workers
3% 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 the 228 jobs in Judsonia are
228 jobs are based in Judsonia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Judsonia, 2013 → 2023: 445 → 228. 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 Judsonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Judsonia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Judsonia workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 665 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.
The daily flow of workers through Judsonia
On a workday 633 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Judsonia on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.35 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.
How far Judsonia goes to work
About 28% 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.
In Judsonia, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Judsonia is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% 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 712 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). 1.9% of Judsonia households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Judsonia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Judsonia next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600: 5,151st of 5,921 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 145 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 232 | Goshen AR | 2,405 | $150K | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,062 | West Fork AR | 2,373 | $78K | 3.1% | 3.5% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,149 | Copeland OK | 1,401 | $58K | 16.1% | 4.5% | 3% | D |
| 5,150 | Bluewell WV | 1,992 | $35K | 18.3% | 2.8% | 1% | D |
| 5,151 | Judsonia AR | 1,906 | $43K | 29.0% | 3.0% | 3% | D |
| 5,152 | Versailles IN | 2,203 | $46K | 17.6% | 3.5% | 15% | D |
| 5,153 | Horse Cave KY | 2,276 | $51K | 34.8% | 5.1% | 23% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Judsonia, 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 Judsonia: questions
What is the median household income in Judsonia?
$43,279 (±$9,592) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Judsonia?
29.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Judsonia?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Judsonia work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Searcy (40%, 6 mi), Little Rock (7%, 56 mi), North Little Rock (3%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Judsonia walkable?
Judsonia is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Judsonia 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 Judsonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Judsonia
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.