Work & commute · Ash Flat

Work & commute in Ash Flat, AR

About one in 5 of Ash Flat’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Batesville (9%), Little Rock (8%) and Hardy (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

66 of 329 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 263 Ash Flat residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 1,309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ash Flat.

263live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

1,309work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ash Flat goes to work

Ash Flat (in town)right here

20%66

Batesville32.3 mi away

9%30

Little Rock112.7 mi away

8%26

Hardy9 mi away

6%21

Highland5.3 mi away

5%15

Mountain Home43.8 mi away

3%9

Cherokee Village4.3 mi away

3%9

Searcy69.2 mi away

2%8

Salem15.1 mi away

2%7

Jonesboro59.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%131

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

How far

How far Ash Flat commutes

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

37%

13%

22%

29%

37%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ash Flat is a job hub

4.18jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ash Flat are

1,375 jobs are based in Ash Flat. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ash Flat’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ash Flat

1,375 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Ash Flat residents hold

329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+26%

Jobs based in Ash Flat, 2013 → 2023: 1,090 → 1,375. 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.