About half of Landmark’s working residents commute to Little Rock
Only 2% work in Landmark; the top destination outside it is Little Rock (50%, 8 miles). Jobs and income earn Landmark C+; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, Landmark is behind 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Landmark and work: the main findings
More than half of Landmark works in Little Rock
620 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Little Rock, 8.3 miles away. That’s 25 times as many as work in Landmark itself. The commute map ↓
Landmark workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Landmark than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Landmark fell from 633 in 2013 to 449 in 2023, −29%. 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 ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Landmark
52% of Landmark residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Landmark pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
How Landmark earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Landmark is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #47 of 123 in Arkansas. Job access by car holds Landmark’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (40.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Landmark could be anywhere from C− to B.
Where Landmark’s working residents head each day
Where Landmark clocks in
50% of workers
9% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Landmark
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Landmark workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,283 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.
What the 449 jobs in Landmark are
449 jobs are based in Landmark.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Landmark, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 449. 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 Landmark’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Landmark on a workday
On a workday 1,208 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Landmark on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.36 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.
The distance from Landmark to work
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 Landmark, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Landmark is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #116 of 123 in Arkansas. 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 1,302 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 under 0.1 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). 8.6% of Landmark households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Landmark’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Landmark ranks: 2,580th of 4,084 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 170 | Johnson AR | 3,684 | $96K | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 214 | Austin AR | 4,017 | $114K | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 406 | Highfill AR | 3,676 | $93K | 4.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,578 | Granite Quarry NC | 3,129 | $58K | 8.3% | 6.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,579 | Blairsville PA | 3,176 | $56K | 14.7% | 2.9% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,580 | Landmark AR | 3,948 | $54K | 40.8% | 2.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,581 | Owens Cross Roads AL | 3,334 | $86K | 10.1% | 10.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,582 | Big Bear Lake CA | 5,018 | $76K | 6.2% | 5.3% | 13% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Landmark, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
Around Landmark: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to East End (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Landmark’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Landmark: questions
What is the median household income in Landmark?
$53,788 (±$14,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Landmark?
40.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Landmark?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Landmark work?
2% work in town.
Is Landmark walkable?
Landmark is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Landmark without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Landmark, from the people who make the trip.
More of Landmark
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.