Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker #4 · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0More than half of Maumelle’s working residents commute to Little Rock
Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Maumelle is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (B−). 20% of workers work from home, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Maumelle and work: the main findings
More than half of Maumelle works in Little Rock
4,387 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Little Rock, 9.1 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Maumelle itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Maumelle
20% of Maumelle workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas. 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.
Inside Maumelle’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maumelle could be anywhere from B to A+.
Where Maumelle’s working residents head each day
Where Maumelle clocks in
51% of workers
13% of workers
5% 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.
From Maumelle, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maumelle workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,099 commuters (the 20% 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.
How a workday changes Maumelle
On a workday 7,871 residents head out to work, 769 work right here, and 5,604 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Maumelle on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.74 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 work there is in Maumelle: 6,373 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maumelle, 2013 → 2023: 5,817 → 6,373. 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 Maumelle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Maumelle commutes less than 10 miles
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.
Maumelle is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 10,119 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 49% 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 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% 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). 4.8% of Maumelle households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Maumelle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Maumelle next to U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000: 623rd of 1,860 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 557 | Bryant AR | 22,815 | $83K | 5.6% | 2.6% | 10% | A− |
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| 621 | Lower Allen Township PA | 21,254 | $92K | 7.6% | 3.3% | 9% | A− |
| 622 | Cave Spring VA | 25,742 | $88K | 5.9% | 2.9% | 10% | A− |
| 623 | Maumelle AR | 19,780 | $103K | 7.1% | 3.8% | 9% | A− |
| 624 | Highland Park NJ | 15,259 | $105K | 7.5% | 4.8% | 5% | A− |
| 625 | Morristown NJ | 20,750 | $121K | 7.8% | 5.3% | 14% | A− |
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| 1,098 | Hot Springs Village AR | 16,327 | $75K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 17% | B |
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| 1,261 | Siloam Springs AR | 21,298 | $72K | 14.6% | 3.3% | 31% | B− |
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| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Maumelle, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Maumelle’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maumelle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maumelle | – | A− | B− | 22 min | $103,333 |
| North Little Rock | 13% | C | B+ | 20 min | $52,707 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Little Rock. Darker towns draw more of Maumelle’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 Maumelle: questions
What is the median household income in Maumelle?
$103,333 (±$9,131) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maumelle?
7.1%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maumelle?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maumelle work?
9% work in town.
Is Maumelle walkable?
Maumelle is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maumelle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maumelle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maumelle
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.