Work & commute · Des Arc

Work & commute in Des Arc, AR

Most working residents leave Des Arc for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (12%), North Little Rock (6%) and Stuttgart (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

103 of 670 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 567 Des Arc residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 504 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Des Arc.

567live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

504work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Des Arc goes to work

Des Arc (in town)right here

15%103

Little Rock51.4 mi away

12%81

North Little Rock43.5 mi away

6%40

Stuttgart33.5 mi away

5%31

Searcy22.3 mi away

4%30

Cabot29.6 mi away

3%20

Jonesboro74.5 mi away

3%17

Conway54.8 mi away

2%14

Beebe23.3 mi away

2%13

Carlisle18.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%309

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

How far

How far Des Arc commutes

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

19%

17%

36%

28%

19%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Des Arc is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Des Arc are

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

Jobs based in Des Arc

607 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Des Arc residents hold

670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+31%

Jobs based in Des Arc, 2013 → 2023: 462 → 607. 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.