Work & commute · Chidester

Work & commute in Chidester, AR

Most working residents leave Chidester for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Camden (29%), Little Rock (6%) and El Dorado (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 102 Chidester residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chidester.

102live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chidester goes to work

Camden13.6 mi away

29%30

Little Rock80.3 mi away

6%6

El Dorado39.3 mi away

4%4

Sheridan54.2 mi away

3%3

Prescott22.3 mi away

2%2

Crossett73.4 mi away

2%2

Pine Bluff67.6 mi away

2%2

Jonesboro197.8 mi away

2%2

Mansfield116.7 mi away

1%1

Stephens19.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%50

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

How far

How far Chidester commutes

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

50%

15%

34%

1%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chidester is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chidester are

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

Jobs based in Chidester

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month6%

Jobs Chidester residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+14%

Jobs based in Chidester, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 16. 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.