Work & commute · Clarksville

Work & commute in Clarksville, AR

43% of Clarksville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Russellville (7%), Little Rock (5%) and Lamar (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

1,428 of 3,327 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,899 Clarksville residents head out of town to work, 1,428 work right here, and 5,291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarksville.

1,899live here, work elsewhere

1,428live and work here

5,291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarksville goes to work

Clarksville (in town)right here

43%1,428

Russellville22.9 mi away

7%235

Little Rock81 mi away

5%170

Lamar4.9 mi away

3%90

Ozark20.9 mi away

2%80

Dardanelle23.7 mi away

2%77

Fort Smith50.6 mi away

2%67

Bentonville74.9 mi away

2%60

Conway62.9 mi away

1%48

North Little Rock84.4 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,027

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

How far

How far Clarksville commutes

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

49%

14%

30%

49%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarksville is a job hub

2.02jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarksville are

6,719 jobs are based in Clarksville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarksville

6,719 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Clarksville residents hold

3,327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month35%

+3%

Jobs based in Clarksville, 2013 → 2023: 6,522 → 6,719. 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.