Work & commute · Atkins

Work & commute in Atkins, AR

Most working residents leave Atkins for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Russellville (32%), Little Rock (7%) and Conway (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

118 of 1,103 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 985 Atkins residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 791 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atkins.

985live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

791work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atkins goes to work

Russellville11.1 mi away

32%354

Atkins (in town)right here

11%118

Little Rock48.7 mi away

7%74

Conway29.4 mi away

5%51

Morrilton13.1 mi away

4%42

Dardanelle12.4 mi away

2%26

Pottsville6.5 mi away

2%23

Fayetteville89.4 mi away

2%22

North Little Rock51.3 mi away

1%16

London17.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%362

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

How far

How far Atkins commutes

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

29%

32%

16%

23%

29%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atkins is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Atkins are

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

Jobs based in Atkins

909 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Atkins residents hold

1,103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−2%

Jobs based in Atkins, 2013 → 2023: 924 → 909. 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.