Work & commute · Caraway

Work & commute in Caraway, AR

Most working residents leave Caraway for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jonesboro (27%), Monette (6%) and Manila (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 370 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 367 Caraway residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caraway.

367live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caraway goes to work

Jonesboro20.4 mi away

27%101

Monette9.3 mi away

6%22

Manila12.3 mi away

5%20

Paragould22.8 mi away

5%18

Little Rock135.3 mi away

3%12

Gosnell24.3 mi away

3%10

Blytheville26.3 mi away

3%10

North Little Rock127.3 mi away

2%8

Lake City8.4 mi away

2%7

Marked Tree17.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%156

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

How far

How far Caraway commutes

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

11%

54%

13%

22%

11%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caraway is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Caraway are

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

Jobs based in Caraway

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Caraway residents hold

370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−69%

Jobs based in Caraway, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 29. 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.