Work & commute · Bald Knob

Work & commute in Bald Knob, AR

Most working residents leave Bald Knob for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Searcy (28%), Little Rock (5%) and Batesville (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

99 of 910 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 811 Bald Knob residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 491 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bald Knob.

811live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

491work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bald Knob goes to work

Searcy10.5 mi away

28%252

Bald Knob (in town)right here

11%99

Little Rock60.3 mi away

5%49

Batesville31.6 mi away

3%27

Conway53.2 mi away

3%23

North Little Rock52.5 mi away

2%22

Judsonia4.7 mi away

2%19

Jonesboro61.2 mi away

2%18

Cabot34.8 mi away

2%15

Paragould78.5 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%376

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

How far

How far Bald Knob commutes

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

35%

18%

15%

31%

35%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bald Knob is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bald Knob are

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

Jobs based in Bald Knob

590 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Bald Knob residents hold

910 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−25%

Jobs based in Bald Knob, 2013 → 2023: 791 → 590. 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.