Work & commute · Bismarck

Work & commute in Bismarck, AR

Most working residents leave Bismarck for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hot Springs (27%), Arkadelphia (11%) and Little Rock (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 95 Bismarck residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bismarck.

95live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bismarck goes to work

Hot Springs13.7 mi away

27%28

Arkadelphia14.8 mi away

11%11

Bismarck (in town)right here

7%7

Little Rock54.4 mi away

5%5

Rockwell10.2 mi away

4%4

Piney12.7 mi away

3%3

Lowell144.5 mi away

2%2

Malvern20.7 mi away

2%2

Benton38.8 mi away

2%2

Bryant44.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%36

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

How far

How far Bismarck commutes

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

14%

59%

24%

14%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bismarck is a job hub

2.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bismarck are

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

Jobs based in Bismarck

214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Bismarck residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+34%

Jobs based in Bismarck, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 214. 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.