Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Trumann are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Trumann is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+). 25.4% of residents live below the poverty line; Arkansas has 16.0%. About one in seven work in Trumann itself; outside it, Jonesboro draws the most (40%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Trumann at work: what stands out
40% of Trumann works in Jonesboro
1,063 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Jonesboro, 13 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in Trumann itself. The commute map ↓
Trumann makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Trumann are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Trumann residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. 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.
Why Trumann gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Trumann’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($38,881, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Trumann could be anywhere from D to C.
The places Trumann commutes to
Where Trumann clocks in
40% of workers
3% 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.
Making and building: 36% of jobs based in Trumann
1,382 jobs are based in Trumann.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trumann, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 1,382. 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 Trumann’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Trumann
On a workday 2,266 residents head out to work, 402 work right here, and 980 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Trumann on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.52 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.
From Trumann, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trumann workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,841 commuters (the 4% 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.
Trumann’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Getting around Trumann: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,954 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). 18.6% of Trumann households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Trumann’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Trumann ranks: 2,728th of 3,071 U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 468 | Cave Springs AR | 6,701 | $146K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,290 | Tontitown AR | 8,046 | $86K | 4.7% | 6.0% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,398 | White Hall AR | 5,532 | $78K | 8.6% | 3.1% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,726 | Oil City PA | 9,301 | $51K | 16.6% | 5.1% | 19% | C− |
| 2,727 | Barton NY | 8,330 | $55K | 12.6% | 6.8% | 18% | C− |
| 2,728 | Trumann AR | 7,527 | $39K | 25.4% | 4.6% | 15% | C− |
| 2,729 | Batesville MS | 7,325 | $52K | 22.0% | 4.8% | 34% | C− |
| 2,730 | Mineola TX | 5,537 | $53K | 12.2% | 10.7% | 19% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,071 | 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 Trumann, 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 Trumann: questions
What is the median household income in Trumann?
$38,881 (±$8,566) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trumann?
25.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trumann?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trumann work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jonesboro (40%, 13 mi), Memphis (3%, 50 mi), Little Rock (3%, 123 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Trumann walkable?
Trumann is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Trumann without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trumann, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trumann
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.