Work & commute · Altus

Work & commute in Altus, AR

Most working residents leave Altus for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ozark (22%), Fort Smith (10%) and Clarksville (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 210 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 200 Altus residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Altus.

200live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Altus goes to work

Ozark5.9 mi away

22%47

Fort Smith34.8 mi away

10%22

Clarksville16 mi away

7%14

Russellville37.3 mi away

5%11

Altus (in town)right here

5%10

Van Buren33.1 mi away

4%9

Little Rock94 mi away

3%7

Paris11.1 mi away

2%5

Hot Springs77.7 mi away

2%5

Alma25.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%76

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

How far

How far Altus commutes

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

36%

14%

27%

23%

36%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Altus is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Altus are

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

Jobs based in Altus

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Altus residents hold

210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−7%

Jobs based in Altus, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 125. 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.