Work & commute · Carlisle

Work & commute in Carlisle, AR

About one in 4 of Carlisle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (16%), North Little Rock (6%) and Lonoke (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

180 of 702 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 522 Carlisle residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 608 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlisle.

522live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

608work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlisle goes to work

Carlisle (in town)right here

26%180

Little Rock35.4 mi away

16%113

North Little Rock28.1 mi away

6%45

Lonoke9.5 mi away

6%41

Stuttgart23.4 mi away

5%34

Searcy30.8 mi away

2%13

Cabot20.5 mi away

2%12

Pine Bluff43.3 mi away

1%10

Hazen10.4 mi away

1%9

Jacksonville22.9 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%236

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

How far

How far Carlisle commutes

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

35%

19%

32%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlisle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlisle are

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

Jobs based in Carlisle

788 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Carlisle residents hold

702 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+7%

Jobs based in Carlisle, 2013 → 2023: 735 → 788. 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.