Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0There are 2.1 jobs in Waldenburg for every working resident, and 38 people commute in
Working from home is the commute for 15% of workers, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. Employers in Waldenburg report 38 jobs; 18 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Waldenburg; the top destination outside it is Jonesboro (17%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Waldenburg, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 18 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 71 people are in Waldenburg on a workday afternoon, 39% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in Waldenburg live
Where Waldenburg clocks in
17% of workers
17% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waldenburg, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 38. 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 Waldenburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Waldenburg
of Waldenburg workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far it is to work from Waldenburg
About 50% 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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Waldenburg workers work outside Arkansas. The job records count 17% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Waldenburg: questions
What is the median household income in Waldenburg?
$34,792 (±$22,454) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waldenburg?
14.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Waldenburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jonesboro (17%, 23 mi), Memphis (17%, 63 mi), Weiner (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Waldenburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waldenburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waldenburg
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.