Work & commute · Blytheville

Work & commute in Blytheville, AR

About one in 3 of Blytheville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Osceola (7%), Jonesboro (7%) and Gosnell (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

1,894 of 5,176 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 3,282 Blytheville residents head out of town to work, 1,894 work right here, and 3,950 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blytheville.

3,282live here, work elsewhere

1,894live and work here

3,950work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blytheville goes to work

Blytheville (in town)right here

37%1,894

Osceola17.5 mi away

7%345

Jonesboro44 mi away

7%345

Gosnell4.1 mi away

4%182

Memphis, TN57.1 mi away

3%159

Paragould34.8 mi away

3%156

Little Rock161.6 mi away

2%126

West Memphis56.7 mi away

1%67

Dell9 mi away

1%39

Manila15 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,826

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

How far

How far Blytheville commutes

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

49%

17%

13%

21%

49%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blytheville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blytheville are

5,844 jobs are based in Blytheville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blytheville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blytheville

5,844 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Blytheville residents hold

5,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−17%

Jobs based in Blytheville, 2013 → 2023: 7,034 → 5,844. 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.