Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMcArthur’s household incomes are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
The two grades for McArthur are D− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. 26.7% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. About one in ten stay in McArthur for work; outside it, Elk Township is the main destination (7%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind McArthur’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, McArthur is better than 4% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides McArthur’s grade.
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: McArthur’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, McArthur could be anywhere from D− to D.
The daily flow of workers through McArthur
On a workday 630 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 582 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
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 people from McArthur work
Where McArthur clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Inside McArthur’s 666 jobs
666 jobs are based in McArthur.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McArthur, 2013 → 2023: 665 → 666. 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 McArthur’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from McArthur
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McArthur workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 809 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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 McArthur goes to work
About 27% 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.
In McArthur, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McArthur is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 909 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). 6.6% of McArthur households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McArthur’s commuters take a bus or train.
McArthur and other U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,640 | Eastport ME | 1,285 | $46K | 15.2% | 2.8% | 44% | D− |
| 5,641 | Murphy NC | 1,808 | $37K | 17.5% | 5.6% | 21% | D− |
| 5,642 | McArthur OH | 1,764 | $49K | 26.7% | 4.8% | 12% | D− |
| 5,643 | Piketon OH | 2,201 | $41K | 30.1% | 10.0% | 9% | D− |
| 5,644 | Erie Township KS | 1,245 | $46K | 17.9% | 0.0% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 McArthur, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 McArthur: questions
What is the median household income in McArthur?
$49,439 (±$14,973) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McArthur?
26.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McArthur?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McArthur work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elk Township (7%, 1 mi), Wellston (6%, 10 mi), Columbus (6%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is McArthur walkable?
McArthur is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McArthur without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McArthur, from the people who make the trip.
More of McArthur
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.