Work & commute · Bearden

Work & commute in Bearden, AR

Most working residents leave Bearden for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Camden (12%), Fordyce (6%) and Little Rock (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

47 of 363 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 316 Bearden residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 408 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bearden.

316live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

408work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bearden goes to work

Bearden (in town)right here

13%47

Camden17.2 mi away

12%45

Fordyce13.2 mi away

6%21

Little Rock70.5 mi away

4%14

El Dorado35.2 mi away

2%7

Pine Bluff48 mi away

2%6

North Little Rock76.1 mi away

2%6

Hope55.9 mi away

1%4

Monticello48 mi away

1%4

East Camden11 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%206

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

How far

How far Bearden commutes

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

35%

33%

11%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bearden is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bearden are

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

Jobs based in Bearden

455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Bearden residents hold

363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+68%

Jobs based in Bearden, 2013 → 2023: 271 → 455. 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.