Work & commute · Cherokee

Work & commute in Cherokee, AR

Most working residents leave Cherokee for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Ash Flat (11%), Hardy (10%) and Batesville (7%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 1,263 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,174 Cherokee residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherokee.

1,174live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherokee goes to work

Ash Flat4.3 mi away

11%145

Hardy5.3 mi away

10%131

Cherokee Village (in town)right here

7%89

Batesville36.3 mi away

7%85

Highland3.2 mi away

5%64

Little Rock117 mi away

4%56

Salem15 mi away

4%55

Mountain Home45.4 mi away

4%51

Mammoth Spring14 mi away

2%26

North Little Rock110.8 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%540

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

How far

How far Cherokee commutes

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

36%

12%

19%

33%

36%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherokee is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherokee are

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

Jobs based in Cherokee

302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Cherokee residents hold

1,263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−11%

Jobs based in Cherokee, 2013 → 2023: 340 → 302. 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.