Work & commute · Center Ridge

Work & commute in Center Ridge, AR

Most working residents leave Center Ridge for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Conway (14%), Morrilton (13%) and Little Rock (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 126 Center Ridge residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center Ridge.

126live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Center Ridge goes to work

Conway22 mi away

14%19

Morrilton18.1 mi away

13%18

Little Rock46.9 mi away

8%11

Center Ridge (in town)right here

7%9

Russellville32.5 mi away

4%6

Hot Springs67.2 mi away

4%5

Clinton15.3 mi away

3%4

Fort Smith101.2 mi away

3%4

Plumerville15.8 mi away

2%3

Dardanelle35 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%54

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

How far

How far Center Ridge commutes

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

10%

42%

24%

10%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Center Ridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Center Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Center Ridge

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Center Ridge residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+18%

Jobs based in Center Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 133. 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.