Work & commute · Drasco

Work & commute in Drasco, AR

Most working residents leave Drasco for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Heber Springs (10%), Greers Ferry (7%) and Batesville (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 42 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 41 Drasco residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drasco.

41live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drasco goes to work

Heber Springs10.5 mi away

10%4

Greers Ferry13.2 mi away

7%3

Batesville20.2 mi away

7%3

Quitman23.2 mi away

5%2

Beebe38.9 mi away

5%2

Concord5.1 mi away

2%1

Hampton148.1 mi away

2%1

Perryville64.8 mi away

2%1

McGehee142 mi away

2%1

Arkadelphia122.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%23

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

How far

How far Drasco commutes

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

22%

39%

12%

27%

22%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drasco is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Drasco are

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

Jobs based in Drasco

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Drasco residents hold

42 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+31%

Jobs based in Drasco, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 46. 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.