Work & commute · Cove

Work & commute in Cove, AR

Most working residents leave Cove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mena (20%), Fort Smith (5%) and Rogers (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 137 Cove residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cove.

137live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cove goes to work

Mena14.5 mi away

20%28

Fort Smith63 mi away

5%7

Rogers130.7 mi away

4%6

Little Rock119.1 mi away

4%6

Dierks31.9 mi away

3%4

De Queen27.8 mi away

3%4

Grannis15 mi away

2%3

Clarksville88.1 mi away

2%3

Hot Springs78.2 mi away

2%3

Hatfield4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%73

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

How far

How far Cove commutes

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

19%

29%

10%

42%

19%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cove is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cove are

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

Jobs based in Cove

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities72%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month10%

Jobs Cove residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−62%

Jobs based in Cove, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 29. 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.