Work & commute · Earle

Work & commute in Earle, AR

Most working residents leave Earle for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are West Memphis (17%), Marion (16%) and Memphis (16%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 603 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 554 Earle residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Earle.

554live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Earle goes to work

West Memphis17.2 mi away

17%100

Marion15.3 mi away

16%98

Memphis, TN30.2 mi away

16%98

Earle (in town)right here

8%49

Jonesboro39.6 mi away

4%25

Forrest City25.8 mi away

3%21

Little Rock113.7 mi away

2%15

Wynne18.5 mi away

2%10

Parkin5.1 mi away

1%9

Paragould53.9 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%169

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

How far

How far Earle commutes

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

13%

40%

30%

17%

13%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Earle is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Earle are

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

Jobs based in Earle

156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Earle residents hold

603 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−62%

Jobs based in Earle, 2013 → 2023: 406 → 156. 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.