Work & commute · Batesville

Work & commute in Batesville, AR

53% of Batesville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Southside (4%), Little Rock (4%) and Searcy (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

2,315 of 4,379 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,064 Batesville residents head out of town to work, 2,315 work right here, and 10,547 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Batesville.

2,064live here, work elsewhere

2,315live and work here

10,547work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Batesville goes to work

Batesville (in town)right here

53%2,315

Southside3.4 mi away

4%179

Little Rock83.2 mi away

4%169

Searcy37 mi away

2%83

Jonesboro53 mi away

2%73

Conway67.5 mi away

2%66

Newport24.1 mi away

1%55

North Little Rock76.4 mi away

1%54

Newark10.9 mi away

1%43

Mountain Home57.8 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,300

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

How far

How far Batesville commutes

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

65%

24%

65%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Batesville is a job hub

2.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Batesville are

12,862 jobs are based in Batesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Batesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Batesville

12,862 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Batesville residents hold

4,379 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+19%

Jobs based in Batesville, 2013 → 2023: 10,848 → 12,862. 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.