Work & commute · Barling

Work & commute in Barling, AR

Most working residents leave Barling for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (59%), Van Buren (8%) and Little Rock (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 2,056 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 2,015 Barling residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barling.

2,015live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barling goes to work

Fort Smith5.3 mi away

59%1,220

Van Buren9.3 mi away

8%157

Little Rock116.5 mi away

3%54

Fayetteville51.5 mi away

2%43

Barling (in town)right here

2%41

Rogers68.6 mi away

2%34

Bentonville70.6 mi away

1%29

Greenwood8.6 mi away

1%27

Springdale59.8 mi away

1%26

Russellville64.5 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%412

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

How far

How far Barling commutes

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

74%

20%

74%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barling is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barling are

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

Jobs based in Barling

665 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Barling residents hold

2,056 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−44%

Jobs based in Barling, 2013 → 2023: 1,188 → 665. 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.