Illinois River Bridge at Phillips Ford · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0At 6.0%, unemployment in Tontitown is higher than in 74% of U.S. towns
Tontitown grades B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, where Arkansas has 23 and the U.S. 26. Measured by household income, Tontitown is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tontitown, in a few figures
Tontitown and Springdale trade workers both ways
Springdale is the top workplace for Tontitown residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Tontitown come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Tontitown than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Tontitown fell from 4,754 in 2013 to 3,068 in 2023, −35%. 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 ↓
Most Tontitown residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Tontitown makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Tontitown are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Tontitown residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. 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.
How Tontitown earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tontitown is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #22 of 123 in Arkansas. The poverty rate holds Tontitown’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tontitown could be anywhere from C to A+.
31% of working residents work in Springdale
Where Tontitown clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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 Tontitown, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
3,068 jobs are based in Tontitown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tontitown, 2013 → 2023: 4,754 → 3,068. 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 Tontitown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Tontitown
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.
A workday in Tontitown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,332 residents head out to work, 158 work right here, and 2,910 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 (1.23 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.
From Tontitown, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tontitown workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,946 commuters (the 14% 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.
Driving is how Tontitown gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tontitown is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #35 of 123 in Arkansas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.0% across Arkansas, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,419 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Tontitown households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tontitown’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Tontitown is 1,298th of 3,049 U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 457 | Farmington AR | 10,658 | $90K | 3.8% | 0.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 483 | Cave Springs AR | 6,701 | $146K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,296 | Summit Township PA | 7,539 | $74K | 9.8% | 2.3% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,297 | Sangaree SC | 8,681 | $78K | 15.4% | 2.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,298 | Tontitown AR | 8,046 | $86K | 4.7% | 6.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,299 | Wellington Township OH | 6,144 | $71K | 9.2% | 2.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,300 | Honey Brook Township PA | 8,780 | $86K | 11.9% | 3.2% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,761 | Greenwood AR | 9,793 | $67K | 10.0% | 2.5% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,049 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Tontitown, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
Tontitown and its neighbors: 31% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tontitown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tontitown | – | B+ | B | 21 min | $85,603 |
| Springdale | 31% | B− | B− | 19 min | $69,787 |
| Elm Springs | under 2% | A− | C− | 20 min | $131,739 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Springdale. Darker towns draw more of Tontitown’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 Tontitown: questions
What is the median household income in Tontitown?
$85,603 (±$27,831) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tontitown?
4.7%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tontitown?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tontitown work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springdale (31%, 5 mi), Fayetteville (19%, 8 mi), Rogers (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tontitown walkable?
Tontitown is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tontitown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tontitown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tontitown
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.