Photo: PhotolitherlandChris Litherland · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Russellville has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 16,044 people come in to work
Russellville has 21,604 jobs for 11,773 working residents. For jobs and income Russellville is better than 17% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (B+). Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Russellville in brief
Russellville is where the jobs are
Russellville has 21,604 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Russellville are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Arkansas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arkansas worker. Time on the road ↓
Russellville draws workers from far and wide
The 21,604 jobs in Russellville are filled from a wide area. Russellville’s own residents hold 26% and the ten next-biggest home towns 14%; the other 60% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Russellville
Job access by car holds Russellville’s grade up (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($50,877, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Russellville could be anywhere from D to C.
The daily commute in and out of Russellville
On a workday 6,213 residents head out to work and 5,560 work right here.
About 39,000 people are in Russellville on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 16 minutes each way, quicker than most of Arkansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Russellville workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,176 commuters (the 5% 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 towns that send workers to Russellville
Where Russellville clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
In Russellville, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Russellville, 2014 → 2024: 21,239 → 21,604. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Russellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Russellville
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Russellville is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,834 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). 7.3% of Russellville households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Russellville’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 21,000 to 40,000, and where Russellville sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 180 | Centerton AR | 27,176 | $116K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 418 | Bryant AR | 22,815 | $83K | 5.6% | 2.6% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 574 | Bella Vista AR | 34,518 | $88K | 3.6% | 4.0% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,289 | Searcy AR | 24,351 | $52K | 18.8% | 6.1% | 46% | C− |
| 1,290 | Salisbury MD | 33,845 | $59K | 24.3% | 8.8% | 30% | C− |
| 1,291 | Russellville AR | 29,521 | $51K | 20.8% | 5.9% | 47% | C− |
| 1,292 | Hopkinsville KY | 30,411 | $49K | 19.3% | 6.2% | 58% | C− |
| 1,293 | Chester PA | 33,996 | $41K | 29.0% | 17.6% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,366 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 16% | 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 Russellville, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
Russellville and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Russellville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville | – | C− | B+ | 16 min | $50,877 |
| Pottsville | under 2% | B− | D | 20 min | $68,558 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Russellville’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 2024, 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 Russellville: questions
What is the median household income in Russellville?
$50,877 (±$3,203) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Russellville?
20.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Russellville?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Russellville work?
47% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Rock (6%, 58 mi), Dardanelle (5%, 4 mi), Conway (3%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Russellville walkable?
Russellville is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Russellville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Russellville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Russellville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.