Work & commute · Black Rock

Work & commute in Black Rock, AR

Most working residents leave Black Rock for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jonesboro (11%), Pocahontas (11%) and Walnut Ridge (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 144 Black Rock residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Rock.

144live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black Rock goes to work

Jonesboro31.1 mi away

11%17

Pocahontas13.3 mi away

11%16

Walnut Ridge9.1 mi away

9%14

Imboden7.5 mi away

6%9

Black Rock (in town)right here

4%6

Little Rock118.6 mi away

3%5

Ravenden12.4 mi away

3%4

Paragould33.5 mi away

3%4

Batesville37.1 mi away

2%3

Portia2.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%70

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

How far

How far Black Rock commutes

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

33%

24%

20%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black Rock is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Rock are

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

Jobs based in Black Rock

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month73%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Black Rock residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+21%

Jobs based in Black Rock, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 98. 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.