Work & commute · Conway

Work & commute in Conway, AR

41% of Conway’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (22%), North Little Rock (5%) and Maumelle (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

11,030 of 26,876 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 15,846 Conway residents head out of town to work, 11,030 work right here, and 23,076 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conway.

15,846live here, work elsewhere

11,030live and work here

23,076work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conway goes to work

Conway (in town)right here

41%11,030

Little Rock24.9 mi away

22%5,942

North Little Rock24.1 mi away

5%1,455

Maumelle15.8 mi away

2%631

Russellville40.3 mi away

2%419

Sherwood21.4 mi away

1%325

Hot Springs52.2 mi away

1%320

Searcy42.9 mi away

1%297

Benton34.9 mi away

1%240

Mayflower7.8 mi away

1%235

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%5,982

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

How far

How far Conway commutes

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

44%

23%

20%

12%

44%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conway is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Conway are

34,106 jobs are based in Conway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Conway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Conway

34,106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Conway residents hold

26,876 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+3%

Jobs based in Conway, 2013 → 2023: 33,022 → 34,106. 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.