Work & commute · Bay

Work & commute in Bay, AR

Most working residents leave Bay for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Jonesboro (50%), Lake City (5%) and Paragould (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 707 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 692 Bay residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bay.

692live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bay goes to work

Jonesboro8.7 mi away

50%357

Lake City7.5 mi away

5%35

Paragould21.3 mi away

5%33

Trumann5 mi away

4%28

Little Rock124 mi away

3%22

Bay (in town)right here

2%15

Batesville60 mi away

1%10

Harrisburg15.8 mi away

1%8

Blytheville38.5 mi away

1%6

Brookland10.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%188

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

How far

How far Bay commutes

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

53%

22%

17%

53%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bay 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 Bay are

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

Jobs based in Bay

226 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bay residents hold

707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+5%

Jobs based in Bay, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 226. 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.