Work & commute · Beebe

Work & commute in Beebe, AR

Most working residents leave Beebe for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (17%), Searcy (11%) and North Little Rock (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

466 of 3,403 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,937 Beebe residents head out of town to work, 466 work right here, and 2,269 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beebe.

2,937live here, work elsewhere

466live and work here

2,269work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beebe goes to work

Little Rock35.3 mi away

17%564

Beebe (in town)right here

14%466

Searcy15 mi away

11%367

North Little Rock27.6 mi away

8%272

Cabot9.9 mi away

7%254

Jacksonville18.7 mi away

4%135

Conway32 mi away

4%125

Sherwood23 mi away

3%87

Jonesboro86 mi away

2%61

Batesville50.6 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,037

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

How far

How far Beebe commutes

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

20%

28%

36%

17%

20%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beebe is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beebe are

2,735 jobs are based in Beebe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beebe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beebe

2,735 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Beebe residents hold

3,403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+12%

Jobs based in Beebe, 2013 → 2023: 2,452 → 2,735. 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.