Work & commute · Brinkley

Work & commute in Brinkley, AR

About one in 4 of Brinkley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (8%), Stuttgart (5%) and Forrest City (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

206 of 847 working residents

Typical commute

33 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 641 Brinkley residents head out of town to work, 206 work right here, and 718 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brinkley.

641live here, work elsewhere

206live and work here

718work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brinkley goes to work

Brinkley (in town)right here

24%206

Little Rock67.3 mi away

8%70

Stuttgart34 mi away

5%46

Forrest City24 mi away

4%34

North Little Rock59.7 mi away

3%26

Clarendon15.1 mi away

3%22

Jonesboro70.4 mi away

3%22

Wynne32.9 mi away

2%19

Conway73.4 mi away

2%14

Searcy39.3 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%375

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

How far

How far Brinkley commutes

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

31%

12%

21%

36%

31%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brinkley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brinkley are

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

Jobs based in Brinkley

924 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Brinkley residents hold

847 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−24%

Jobs based in Brinkley, 2013 → 2023: 1,218 → 924. 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.