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Work & commute · Cotter

Work & commute in Cotter, AR

Most working residents leave Cotter for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mountain Home (33%), Flippin (4%) and Little Rock (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
11 of 288 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 277 Cotter residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cotter.

277live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
167work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cotter goes to work

LakeviewNewarkFlippinBriarcliffYellvilleCotterGassvilleMountain HomeCherokee VillageBentonvilleLittle RockFort SmithFayettevilleMidwayMountain HomeFlippinLittle RockGassvilleFayettevilleMidwayBentonvilleFort SmithYellvilleCotter
1
Mountain Home8.4 mi away
33%96
2
Flippin4.1 mi away
4%11
3
Cotter (in town)right here
4%11
4
Little Rock107.9 mi away
4%11
5
Gassville1.9 mi away
3%10
6
Fayetteville92.9 mi away
3%10
7
Midway8 mi away
3%9
8
Bentonville95.4 mi away
3%8
9
Fort Smith122 mi away
2%6
10
Yellville9.9 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%111

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

How far

How far Cotter commutes

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

56%Under 10 mi
12%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cotter is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cotter are

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

Jobs based in Cotter

178 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)84%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Cotter residents hold

288 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month46%
−15%

Jobs based in Cotter, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 178. 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.

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