Work & commute · Dardanelle

Work & commute in Dardanelle, AR

Most working residents leave Dardanelle for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Russellville (33%), Little Rock (5%) and Corinth (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

299 of 1,748 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,449 Dardanelle residents head out of town to work, 299 work right here, and 2,759 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dardanelle.

1,449live here, work elsewhere

299live and work here

2,759work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dardanelle goes to work

Russellville3.8 mi away

33%581

Dardanelle (in town)right here

17%299

Little Rock57.3 mi away

5%90

Corinth18 mi away

3%47

Clarksville23.7 mi away

2%38

Danville17.5 mi away

2%36

Conway40.8 mi away

2%36

Atkins12.4 mi away

2%31

Hot Springs51.3 mi away

2%30

Fort Smith68.5 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%536

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

How far

How far Dardanelle commutes

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

56%

13%

25%

56%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dardanelle is a job hub

1.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dardanelle are

3,058 jobs are based in Dardanelle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dardanelle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dardanelle

3,058 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Dardanelle residents hold

1,748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+135%

Jobs based in Dardanelle, 2013 → 2023: 1,299 → 3,058. 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.