Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0Households in Monette have lower incomes than those in 82% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Monette C−; getting around on foot earns it C−. 10.4% of residents are in poverty, against 16.0% across Arkansas. Only 7% work in Monette; the top destination outside it is Jonesboro (25%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Monette apart
Monette and Jonesboro trade workers both ways
Jonesboro is the top workplace for Monette residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Monette come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Monette than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Monette fell from 378 in 2013 to 285 in 2023, −25%. 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 ↓
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 484 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Monette
The poverty rate holds Monette’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($54,167, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (9.9%) is left out: Monette’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Monette could be anywhere from D to B.
The places Monette commutes to
Where Monette clocks in
25% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 37% of work in Monette
285 jobs are based in Monette.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monette, 2013 → 2023: 378 → 285. 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 Monette’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Monette by day
On a workday 452 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Monette on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.59 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 long Monette spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monette workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 533 commuters (the 2% 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.
Where in the region Monette works
About 24% 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 around Monette: mostly by car
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 545 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). 9.7% of Monette households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monette’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Monette is 3,763rd among 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,773 | Redfield AR | 1,492 | $72K | 8.3% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,420 | Bay AR | 1,803 | $60K | 14.8% | 2.1% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,761 | Leon WI | 1,569 | $68K | 13.2% | 2.0% | <1% | C− |
| 3,762 | Saxapahaw NC | 1,301 | $59K | 15.1% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| 3,763 | Monette AR | 1,679 | $54K | 10.4% | 9.9% | 7% | C− |
| 3,764 | Lacon IL | 1,822 | $63K | 14.8% | 5.3% | 12% | C− |
| 3,765 | Ross Township IL | 1,418 | $64K | 10.6% | 2.6% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Monette, 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 Monette: questions
What is the median household income in Monette?
$54,167 (±$11,323) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monette?
10.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monette?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monette work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jonesboro (25%, 19 mi), Paragould (4%, 14 mi), Manila (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monette walkable?
Monette is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monette 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 Monette, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monette
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.