Work & commute · Corning

Work & commute in Corning, AR

About one in 4 of Corning’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Paragould (13%), Jonesboro (6%) and Pocahontas (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

300 of 1,142 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 842 Corning residents head out of town to work, 300 work right here, and 494 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corning.

842live here, work elsewhere

300live and work here

494work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corning goes to work

Corning (in town)right here

26%300

Paragould25.3 mi away

13%150

Jonesboro41.4 mi away

6%74

Pocahontas23.9 mi away

5%56

Poplar Bluff, MO25.9 mi away

4%45

Little Rock153.5 mi away

3%37

Piggott21.5 mi away

3%31

Batesville73.2 mi away

1%12

Walnut Ridge30.4 mi away

1%9

Hot Springs192.2 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%419

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

How far

How far Corning commutes

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

32%

26%

20%

21%

32%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corning is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Corning are

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

Jobs based in Corning

794 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Corning residents hold

1,142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−35%

Jobs based in Corning, 2013 → 2023: 1,214 → 794. 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.