Work & commute · Bigelow

Work & commute in Bigelow, AR

Most working residents leave Bigelow for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (16%), Conway (16%) and Perryville (11%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 122 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 118 Bigelow residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bigelow.

118live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bigelow goes to work

Little Rock24.4 mi away

16%20

Conway10.7 mi away

16%19

Perryville9.8 mi away

11%13

Bigelow (in town)right here

3%4

Morrilton12.5 mi away

3%4

Maumelle16.5 mi away

3%4

Bentonville129.7 mi away

3%4

Russellville34.5 mi away

3%4

Clarksville57.4 mi away

2%3

Benton29.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%44

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

How far

How far Bigelow commutes

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

17%

43%

20%

17%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bigelow is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bigelow are

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

Jobs based in Bigelow

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bigelow residents hold

122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+484%

Jobs based in Bigelow, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 111. 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.