Work & commute · Arkadelphia

Work & commute in Arkadelphia, AR

About one in 3 of Arkadelphia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (10%), Hot Springs (7%) and Caddo Valley (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

1,264 of 3,497 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,233 Arkadelphia residents head out of town to work, 1,264 work right here, and 3,518 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arkadelphia.

2,233live here, work elsewhere

1,264live and work here

3,518work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arkadelphia goes to work

Arkadelphia (in town)right here

36%1,264

Little Rock57.9 mi away

10%347

Hot Springs25 mi away

7%239

Caddo Valley3.8 mi away

3%110

Malvern22.2 mi away

3%96

North Little Rock65.7 mi away

2%64

Hope43.5 mi away

2%53

Prescott28.9 mi away

1%41

Conway73.9 mi away

1%35

Benton42.1 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,214

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

How far

How far Arkadelphia commutes

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

44%

13%

14%

29%

44%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arkadelphia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arkadelphia are

4,782 jobs are based in Arkadelphia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arkadelphia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arkadelphia

4,782 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Arkadelphia residents hold

3,497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−13%

Jobs based in Arkadelphia, 2013 → 2023: 5,482 → 4,782. 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.