Work & commute · Black Oak

Work & commute in Black Oak, AR

Most working residents leave Black Oak for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jonesboro (29%), Monette (5%) and Marion (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 78 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 78 Black Oak residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Oak.

78live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black Oak goes to work

Jonesboro17.5 mi away

29%23

Monette4.1 mi away

5%4

Marion44.6 mi away

5%4

Gosnell24 mi away

4%3

Paragould16.9 mi away

4%3

Memphis, TN55 mi away

4%3

Leachville8.2 mi away

3%2

Marked Tree21.6 mi away

3%2

Batesville70.5 mi away

3%2

Blytheville26.8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%30

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

How far

How far Black Oak commutes

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

12%

47%

17%

25%

12%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black Oak is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Oak are

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

Jobs based in Black Oak

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Black Oak residents hold

78 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+300%

Jobs based in Black Oak, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 16. 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.