Work & commute · Acorn

Work & commute in Acorn, AR

Most working residents leave Acorn for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mena (44%), Fort Smith (5%) and Hot Springs (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 119 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 117 Acorn residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Acorn.

117live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Acorn goes to work

Mena4.4 mi away

44%52

Fort Smith50 mi away

5%6

Hot Springs66.2 mi away

3%4

Russellville74.6 mi away

3%4

Little Rock104.8 mi away

3%4

Nashville52.1 mi away

2%2

De Queen42 mi away

2%2

Clarksville69.5 mi away

2%2

Pine Bluff127.8 mi away

2%2

North Little Rock112 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%39

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Acorn commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

54%

32%

54%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Acorn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Acorn are

106 jobs are based in Acorn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Acorn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Acorn

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Acorn residents hold

119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−8%

Jobs based in Acorn, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 106. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.