Work & commute · Diaz

Work & commute in Diaz, AR

Most working residents leave Diaz for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Newport (36%), Jonesboro (8%) and Batesville (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 400 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 375 Diaz residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 494 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Diaz.

375live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

494work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Diaz goes to work

Newport2.3 mi away

36%142

Jonesboro34.6 mi away

8%31

Batesville22 mi away

8%30

Diaz (in town)right here

6%25

Little Rock89 mi away

4%15

Searcy38.9 mi away

3%13

Conway78.8 mi away

2%9

Forrest City51.1 mi away

2%8

Tuckerman6.2 mi away

2%7

Helena-West Helena85.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%114

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

How far

How far Diaz commutes

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

48%

11%

16%

26%

48%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Diaz is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Diaz are

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

Jobs based in Diaz

519 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Diaz residents hold

400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+24%

Jobs based in Diaz, 2013 → 2023: 420 → 519. 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.