Work & commute · De Queen

Work & commute in De Queen, AR

48% of De Queen’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Hochatown (6%), Nashville (3%) and Little Rock (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

1,124 of 2,321 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,197 De Queen residents head out of town to work, 1,124 work right here, and 2,577 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Queen.

1,197live here, work elsewhere

1,124live and work here

2,577work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where De Queen goes to work

De Queen (in town)right here

48%1,124

Hochatown, OK26 mi away

6%148

Nashville28.9 mi away

3%71

Little Rock122.6 mi away

2%46

Fort Smith90.3 mi away

1%33

Hot Springs80 mi away

1%32

Bentonville159.7 mi away

1%28

Van Buren97.4 mi away

1%27

Rogers157.6 mi away

1%27

Broken Bow, OK22.9 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%759

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

How far

How far De Queen commutes

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

54%

16%

25%

54%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

De Queen is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in De Queen are

3,701 jobs are based in De Queen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs De Queen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in De Queen

3,701 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs De Queen residents hold

2,321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−1%

Jobs based in De Queen, 2013 → 2023: 3,740 → 3,701. 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.