Judd Hill Cotton Gin · Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0Work and commuting in Payneway
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, next to 23 for Arkansas and 26 for the U.S. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. Hardly any work in Payneway; the top destination outside it is Jonesboro (21%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Payneway, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Payneway on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.75 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 places Payneway commutes to
Where Payneway clocks in
21% of workers
14% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Payneway: what the 83 are
83 jobs are based in Payneway.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Payneway, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 83. 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 Payneway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Payneway
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Payneway workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 0% 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 many miles Payneway commutes
About 21% 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.
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 Payneway: questions
What is the median household income in Payneway?
$37,969 (±$26,154) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Payneway?
23.6%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Payneway?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Payneway work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jonesboro (21%, 21 mi), Trumann (14%, 9 mi), Memphis (8%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Payneway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Payneway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Payneway
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.