Work means Texarkana for about two in five of Nash’s working residents
1% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Texas. Nash grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Nash, in brief
Jobs in Nash have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Nash went from 621 in 2013 to 2,180 in 2023, +251%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Nash are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
42% of Nash works in Texarkana
647 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Texarkana, 2.9 miles away across the town line. That’s 8 times as many as work in Nash itself. The commute map ↓
Nash makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Nash are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Nash residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Many of the people who work in Nash live in another state
Texarkana, AR (10%), Ashdown, AR (2%) and Hope, AR (1%) are among the top places Nash’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 13% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Nash
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Nash is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #448 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Nash’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($50,592, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nash could be anywhere from D to A−.
Making and building: 48% of jobs based in Nash
2,180 jobs are based in Nash.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nash, 2013 → 2023: 621 → 2,180. 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 Nash’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes to work from Nash
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nash workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,805 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 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.
Commuting out of Nash: the destinations
Where Nash clocks in
42% of workers
9% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Nash
On a workday 1,458 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 2,102 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Nash on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Nash
About 29% 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 Nash: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nash is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #191 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,825 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). 3.1% of Nash households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nash’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,026th of 4,039: where Nash ranks among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,024 | Midway North TX | 3,594 | $58K | 19.6% | 6.8% | <1% | C |
| 3,025 | Surfside Beach SC | 4,392 | $70K | 16.8% | 8.6% | 11% | C |
| 3,026 | Nash TX | 4,269 | $51K | 13.8% | 5.5% | 5% | C |
| 3,027 | Caledonia Township MI | 4,323 | $70K | 12.8% | 8.3% | 8% | C |
| 3,028 | Windsor VT | 3,464 | $52K | 7.8% | 5.8% | 19% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | 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 Nash, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 44% of Nash
The biggest share goes to Texarkana (42%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nash workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nash | – | C | B | 17 min | $50,592 |
| Texarkana | 42% | C− | B+ | 15 min | $50,573 |
| Wake Village | 2% | B | C | 20 min | $71,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nash’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 Nash: questions
What is the median household income in Nash?
$50,592 (±$21,294) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nash?
13.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nash?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nash work?
5% work in town.
Is Nash walkable?
Nash is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nash without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nash, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nash
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.