Pea Ridge has lower unemployment (2.1%) than 83% of U.S. towns
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, where Florida as a whole has 16%. Jobs and income earn Pea Ridge B; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 1% work in Pea Ridge itself; outside it, Pensacola draws the most (20%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pea Ridge, in brief
Young people hold many of the jobs here
36% of the jobs based in Pea Ridge are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Pea Ridge’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Pea Ridge
54% of Pea Ridge residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Pea Ridge pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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.
The four measures behind Pea Ridge’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pea Ridge is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #287 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Pea Ridge’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($59,628, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pea Ridge could be anywhere from C to A−.
Inside Pea Ridge’s 1,036 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pea Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 907 → 1,036. 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 Pea Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pea Ridge on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,572 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 1,013 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Pea Ridge on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
Where Pea Ridge goes to work
Where Pea Ridge clocks in
20% 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.
How long Pea Ridge spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pea Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,574 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pea Ridge
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.
Driving is how Pea Ridge gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pea Ridge is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #314 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Pea Ridge near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,689 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). 4.5% of Pea Ridge households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pea Ridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pea Ridge is 1,919th of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,917 | East Sonora CA | 2,651 | $78K | 11.6% | 0.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,918 | Taft FL | 2,730 | $56K | 13.3% | 2.8% | <1% | B |
| 1,919 | Pea Ridge FL | 3,560 | $60K | 8.1% | 2.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,920 | Potterville MI | 3,135 | $65K | 11.4% | 3.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,921 | Canastota NY | 4,400 | $74K | 10.8% | 3.4% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Pea Ridge, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Pea Ridge
The biggest share goes to Pace (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Pea Ridge’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 Pea Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Pea Ridge?
$59,628 (±$8,807) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pea Ridge?
8.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pea Ridge?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pea Ridge work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (20%, 12 mi), Ferry Pass (9%, 8 mi), Milton (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pea Ridge walkable?
Pea Ridge is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pea Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pea Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pea Ridge
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.