Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 4.0McCrory’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 19.4% of residents, next to 16.0% for Arkansas as a whole. For jobs and income McCrory is better than 4% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). About one in five stay in McCrory for work; outside it, Augusta is the main destination (8%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
McCrory at work: what stands out
Fewer than half of McCrory workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of McCrory’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 16% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from McCrory are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Arkansas. That’s about 46 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 537 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: McCrory’s grade explained
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides McCrory’s grade.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: McCrory’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, McCrory could be anywhere from D− to D.
What work there is in McCrory: 610 jobs
610 jobs are based in McCrory.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McCrory, 2013 → 2023: 595 → 610. 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 McCrory’s own residents hold wherever they work.
McCrory’s commute, mile by mile
About 30% 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.
Getting to work from McCrory takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McCrory workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 645 commuters (the 6% 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.
Who leaves McCrory for work, and who comes in
On a workday 424 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 497 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 (1.14 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.
Commuting out of McCrory: the destinations
Where McCrory clocks in
8% 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.
Driving is how McCrory gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 683 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). 17.6% of McCrory households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McCrory’s commuters take a bus or train.
How McCrory compares with U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Roland AR | 1,147 | $175K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 538 | Wooster AR | 1,150 | $112K | 5.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,425 | Peach Springs AZ | 1,234 | $60K | 40.7% | 18.1% | 19% | D− |
| 5,426 | Buchanan Dam TX | 1,513 | $56K | 23.1% | 0.0% | 3% | D− |
| 5,427 | McCrory AR | 1,440 | $44K | 19.4% | 3.4% | 21% | D− |
| 5,428 | Chester GA | 1,476 | $56K | 38.3% | 3.4% | 0% | D− |
| 5,429 | Beaverton MI | 1,217 | $30K | 18.2% | 1.5% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 McCrory, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
Next door to McCrory
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | McCrory workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCrory | – | D− | B− | 17 min | $43,516 |
| Patterson | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Patterson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of McCrory’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 McCrory: questions
What is the median household income in McCrory?
$43,516 (±$8,047) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McCrory?
19.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McCrory?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McCrory work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (8%, 9 mi), Little Rock (7%, 75 mi), Searcy (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is McCrory walkable?
McCrory is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McCrory without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McCrory, from the people who make the trip.
More of McCrory
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.