Work & commute · Cabot

Work & commute in Cabot, AR

Most working residents leave Cabot for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (28%), North Little Rock (12%) and Jacksonville (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,823 of 10,650 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 8,827 Cabot residents head out of town to work, 1,823 work right here, and 6,348 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cabot.

8,827live here, work elsewhere

1,823live and work here

6,348work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cabot goes to work

Little Rock25.5 mi away

28%2,959

Cabot (in town)right here

17%1,823

North Little Rock17.8 mi away

12%1,256

Jacksonville8.9 mi away

5%584

Conway25.8 mi away

4%399

Sherwood13.1 mi away

3%354

Searcy24.7 mi away

3%304

Beebe9.9 mi away

1%150

Hot Springs67 mi away

1%125

Lonoke14.5 mi away

1%116

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%2,580

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

How far

How far Cabot commutes

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

25%

44%

18%

13%

25%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cabot is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cabot are

8,171 jobs are based in Cabot. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cabot’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cabot

8,171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Cabot residents hold

10,650 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+21%

Jobs based in Cabot, 2013 → 2023: 6,757 → 8,171. 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.