Work & commute · Calico Rock

Work & commute in Calico Rock, AR

About one in 4 of Calico Rock’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mountain Home (11%), Little Rock (8%) and Melbourne (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

49 of 214 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 165 Calico Rock residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calico Rock.

165live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

341work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calico Rock goes to work

Calico Rock (in town)right here

23%49

Mountain Home20.6 mi away

11%23

Little Rock97.4 mi away

8%17

Melbourne14.3 mi away

4%8

Batesville37.3 mi away

3%6

Horseshoe Bend22.6 mi away

2%5

Jonesboro83.6 mi away

2%5

Conway74.9 mi away

2%4

West Plains, MO44.9 mi away

2%4

Blytheville124.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%90

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

How far

How far Calico Rock commutes

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

26%

24%

41%

26%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calico Rock is a job hub

1.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Calico Rock are

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

Jobs based in Calico Rock

390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Calico Rock residents hold

214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−9%

Jobs based in Calico Rock, 2013 → 2023: 429 → 390. 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.