Work & commute · Booneville

Work & commute in Booneville, AR

Most working residents leave Booneville for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (19%), Paris (5%) and Russellville (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

278 of 1,446 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,168 Booneville residents head out of town to work, 278 work right here, and 867 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Booneville.

1,168live here, work elsewhere

278live and work here

867work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Booneville goes to work

Booneville (in town)right here

19%278

Fort Smith29.4 mi away

19%273

Paris14.7 mi away

5%76

Russellville45 mi away

3%48

Little Rock92.8 mi away

3%40

Ozark25.4 mi away

2%32

Greenwood18.9 mi away

2%28

Van Buren32.7 mi away

2%26

Charleston13 mi away

1%21

Bentonville85.6 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%603

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

How far

How far Booneville commutes

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

30%

14%

32%

25%

30%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Booneville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Booneville are

1,145 jobs are based in Booneville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Booneville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Booneville

1,145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Booneville residents hold

1,446 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−12%

Jobs based in Booneville, 2013 → 2023: 1,299 → 1,145. 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.