Work & commute · Big Flat

Work & commute in Big Flat, AR

Most working residents leave Big Flat for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mountain Home (32%), Fort Smith (7%) and West Point (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 28 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 27 Big Flat residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Flat.

27live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Flat goes to work

Mountain Home23 mi away

32%9

Fort Smith119 mi away

7%2

West Point71.3 mi away

4%1

Big Flat (in town)right here

4%1

Norfork16 mi away

4%1

Gassville19.9 mi away

4%1

Calico Rock17.9 mi away

4%1

Huntsville74.2 mi away

4%1

Waldron121.5 mi away

4%1

Mountain View19.5 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%9

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

How far

How far Big Flat commutes

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

64%

32%

4%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Flat is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Flat are

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

Jobs based in Big Flat

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less80%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month10%

Jobs Big Flat residents hold

28 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

+400%

Jobs based in Big Flat, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 10. 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.