Work & commute · Dell

Work & commute in Dell, AR

Most working residents leave Dell for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Blytheville (30%), Jonesboro (5%) and Manila (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 78 Dell residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dell.

78live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dell goes to work

Blytheville9 mi away

30%24

Jonesboro36.2 mi away

5%4

Dell (in town)right here

4%3

Manila7.6 mi away

4%3

Osceola11.8 mi away

4%3

Paragould29.9 mi away

2%2

Armorel14 mi away

2%2

Guion106.7 mi away

1%1

Gosnell8.3 mi away

1%1

London184 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%37

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

How far

How far Dell commutes

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

37%

39%

16%

37%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dell is a job hub

3.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dell are

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

Jobs based in Dell

320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Dell residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+15%

Jobs based in Dell, 2013 → 2023: 279 → 320. 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.