Work & commute · Ashdown

Work & commute in Ashdown, AR

About one in 5 of Ashdown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Texarkana (13%), Texarkana (11%) and De Queen (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

346 of 1,649 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,303 Ashdown residents head out of town to work, 346 work right here, and 977 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashdown.

1,303live here, work elsewhere

346live and work here

977work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashdown goes to work

Ashdown (in town)right here

21%346

Texarkana, TX15.8 mi away

13%222

Texarkana18.3 mi away

11%183

De Queen28.3 mi away

4%72

Nashville24.3 mi away

3%49

Foreman15.9 mi away

2%38

Little Rock124.4 mi away

2%35

Hot Springs83.5 mi away

2%33

Nash, TX15.7 mi away

2%33

Hope30.9 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%611

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

How far

How far Ashdown commutes

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

30%

37%

12%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashdown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashdown are

1,323 jobs are based in Ashdown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ashdown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ashdown

1,323 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ashdown residents hold

1,649 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−22%

Jobs based in Ashdown, 2013 → 2023: 1,700 → 1,323. 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.