Photo: Jma661 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Tuckerman trail those of 92% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Tuckerman is better than 9% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−). The poverty rate is 15.2%; Arkansas has 16.0%. About one in ten stay in Tuckerman for work; outside it, Newport is the main destination (23%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Tuckerman
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Tuckerman
The poverty rate holds Tuckerman’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($45,484, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (9.7%) is left out: Tuckerman’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Tuckerman could be anywhere from D to C−.
The towns that employ Tuckerman’s residents
Where Tuckerman clocks in
23% of workers
14% 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 and out of Tuckerman on a workday
On a workday 535 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Tuckerman on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.42 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.
What work there is in Tuckerman: 251 jobs
251 jobs are based in Tuckerman.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tuckerman, 2013 → 2023: 294 → 251. 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 Tuckerman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Tuckerman
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tuckerman workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 583 commuters (the 6% 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.
Miles to work from Tuckerman
About 23% 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 Tuckerman: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 618 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). 6.2% of Tuckerman households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tuckerman’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,528th of 5,381: where Tuckerman ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,654 | Redfield AR | 1,492 | $72K | 8.3% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,254 | Bay AR | 1,803 | $60K | 14.8% | 2.1% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,526 | Butler NY | 1,801 | $50K | 13.6% | 9.9% | 6% | D |
| 4,527 | Stamford NY | 1,974 | $62K | 16.7% | 9.2% | 17% | D |
| 4,528 | Tuckerman AR | 1,649 | $45K | 15.2% | 9.7% | 9% | D |
| 4,529 | Fremont NC | 1,237 | $52K | 28.2% | 6.7% | 2% | D |
| 4,530 | Kingston OK | 1,480 | $46K | 13.6% | 2.2% | 14% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Tuckerman, 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 Tuckerman: questions
What is the median household income in Tuckerman?
$45,484 (±$9,394) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tuckerman?
15.2%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tuckerman?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tuckerman work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport (23%, 7 mi), Jonesboro (14%, 30 mi), Diaz (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tuckerman walkable?
Tuckerman is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tuckerman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tuckerman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tuckerman
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.