Work & commute · Brookland

Work & commute in Brookland, AR

Most working residents leave Brookland for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Jonesboro (52%), Paragould (8%) and Little Rock (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 1,811 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,713 Brookland residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 748 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookland.

1,713live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

748work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookland goes to work

Jonesboro7.9 mi away

52%942

Paragould11.1 mi away

8%151

Brookland (in town)right here

5%98

Little Rock129.1 mi away

2%33

Batesville59.2 mi away

1%26

Trumann15.7 mi away

1%22

Blytheville37.7 mi away

1%21

North Little Rock121.2 mi away

1%18

Pocahontas33.3 mi away

1%14

Searcy79.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%474

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

How far

How far Brookland commutes

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

61%

16%

61%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookland is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookland are

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

Jobs based in Brookland

846 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Brookland residents hold

1,811 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+128%

Jobs based in Brookland, 2013 → 2023: 371 → 846. 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.