Work & commute · Colt

Work & commute in Colt, AR

Most working residents leave Colt for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Forrest City (26%), Wynne (11%) and Little Rock (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 97 Colt residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colt.

97live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colt goes to work

Forrest City8.3 mi away

26%26

Wynne7.2 mi away

11%11

Little Rock92 mi away

6%6

Memphis, TN47.7 mi away

6%6

Caldwell4 mi away

5%5

West Memphis34.7 mi away

5%5

Jonesboro48.1 mi away

5%5

Colt (in town)right here

3%3

Marianna25 mi away

2%2

Mountain Home121.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%29

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

How far

How far Colt commutes

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

47%

21%

25%

47%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colt is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colt are

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

Jobs based in Colt

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Colt residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+29%

Jobs based in Colt, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 63. 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.