Hardly anyone in Arnold Line is out of work
Measured by household income, Arnold Line is behind 83% of U.S. towns. Arnold Line grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Arnold Line
More than half of Arnold Line works in Hattiesburg
461 working residents, 56%, have their main job in Hattiesburg, 4.1 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Arnold Line itself. The commute map ↓
Most Arnold Line residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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; with 830 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Arnold Line gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Arnold Line is better than 52% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Arnold Line’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($53,750, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Arnold Line could be anywhere from C+ to A.
56% of working residents work in Hattiesburg
Where Arnold Line clocks in
56% of workers
5% of workers
2% 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.
Where in the region Arnold Line works
About 17% 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.
Arnold Line on a workday afternoon
On a workday 826 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Arnold Line on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
The 310 jobs based in Arnold Line
310 jobs are based in Arnold Line.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arnold Line, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 310. 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 Arnold Line’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Arnold Line
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arnold Line workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,049 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 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.
Arnold Line is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Arnold Line is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.8% across Mississippi.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,049 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). 1.4% of Arnold Line households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Arnold Line’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Arnold Line ranks 2,103rd of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,793 | Lynchburg MS | 2,161 | $89K | 7.1% | 10.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,807 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,840 | Sumrall MS | 2,299 | $70K | 4.4% | 6.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,101 | Worth Township PA | 1,357 | $69K | 7.1% | 10.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,102 | Morenci AZ | 1,673 | $70K | 3.5% | 4.0% | 64% | B− |
| 2,103 | Arnold Line MS | 1,859 | $54K | 16.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| 2,104 | Columbia City OR | 1,946 | $97K | 9.4% | 3.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,105 | Butternuts NY | 1,649 | $90K | 5.5% | 4.1% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Arnold Line, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Work next door: 56% of Arnold Line’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arnold Line workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Line | – | B− | C | 27 min | $53,750 |
| Hattiesburg | 56% | D | A− | 17 min | $46,342 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hattiesburg. Darker towns draw more of Arnold Line’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 Arnold Line: questions
What is the median household income in Arnold Line?
$53,750 (±$12,887) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arnold Line?
16.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arnold Line?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arnold Line work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hattiesburg (56%, 4 mi), Laurel (5%, 28 mi), Petal (2%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Arnold Line walkable?
Arnold Line is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Arnold Line without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arnold Line, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arnold Line
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.