Work & commute · Augusta

Work & commute in Augusta, AR

About one in 5 of Augusta’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Searcy (12%), Gregory (9%) and McCrory (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

153 of 734 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 581 Augusta residents head out of town to work, 153 work right here, and 558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Augusta.

581live here, work elsewhere

153live and work here

558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Augusta goes to work

Augusta (in town)right here

21%153

Searcy21.4 mi away

12%86

Gregory9.3 mi away

9%63

McCrory9.4 mi away

5%39

Little Rock68.5 mi away

5%35

Newport24.4 mi away

4%30

Batesville36.4 mi away

2%16

North Little Rock60.5 mi away

2%16

Jonesboro53.2 mi away

2%13

Forrest City37.2 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%271

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

How far

How far Augusta commutes

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

38%

22%

14%

27%

38%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Augusta is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Augusta are

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

Jobs based in Augusta

711 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Augusta residents hold

734 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−2%

Jobs based in Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 726 → 711. 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.