Pea Ridge Commercial Historic District · Photo: Melodibit · CC BY-SA 3.0At 1.3%, unemployment in Pea Ridge is lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Pea Ridge are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. For 17% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole. Only 5% work in Pea Ridge; the top destination outside it is Bentonville (30%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pea Ridge apart on work
Pea Ridge has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Pea Ridge went from 600 in 2013 to 1,041 in 2023, +74%. The jobs ↓
30% of Pea Ridge works in Bentonville
1,013 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Bentonville, 9 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Pea Ridge itself. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Pea Ridge earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pea Ridge could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Inside Pea Ridge’s 1,041 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pea Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 600 → 1,041. 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 Pea Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Pea Ridge work
Where Pea Ridge clocks in
30% of workers
21% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Pea Ridge
On a workday 3,211 residents head out to work, 173 work right here, and 868 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,900 people are in Pea Ridge on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.31 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.
Time on the road from Pea Ridge: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pea Ridge workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,198 commuters (the 17% 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.
The commute from Pea Ridge, by distance
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.
Pea Ridge is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pea Ridge is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #109 of 123 in Arkansas. Both inputs place Pea Ridge near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,861 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). 1.7% of Pea Ridge households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pea Ridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Pea Ridge is 332nd of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 330 | Moore Township PA | 9,508 | $103K | 5.9% | 0.6% | 5% | A |
| 331 | Mack OH | 11,516 | $122K | 5.2% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
| 332 | Pea Ridge AR | 11,233 | $96K | 3.2% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| 333 | Oregon WI | 12,015 | $103K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 10% | A |
| 334 | Southborough MA | 10,559 | $197K | 3.7% | 4.6% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 423 | Farmington AR | 10,658 | $90K | 3.8% | 0.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 464 | Lowell AR | 12,184 | $96K | 6.9% | 1.4% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,148 | Tontitown AR | 8,046 | $86K | 4.7% | 6.0% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Pea Ridge, 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 Pea Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Pea Ridge?
$95,521 (±$11,922) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pea Ridge?
3.2%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pea Ridge?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pea Ridge work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bentonville (30%, 9 mi), Rogers (21%, 9 mi), Springdale (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pea Ridge walkable?
Pea Ridge is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pea Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pea Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pea Ridge
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.