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Work & commute in El Dorado, AR

49% of El Dorado’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (4%), Camden (2%) and Magnolia (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
49%
3,281 of 6,681 working residents
Typical commute
3 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 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 3,400 El Dorado residents head out of town to work, 3,281 work right here, and 7,023 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Dorado.

3,400live here, work elsewhere
3,281live and work here
7,023work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where El Dorado goes to work

Junction CityCalionNorphletSmackoverCrossettArkadelphiaMagnoliaCamdenEl DoradoPine BluffTexarkanaHot SpringsLittle RockNorth Little RockLawsonLittle RockCamdenMagnoliaPine BluffHot SpringsSmackoverArkadelphiaNorth Little RockTexarkanaEl Dorado
1
El Dorado (in town)right here
49%3,281
2
Little Rock105.5 mi away
4%266
3
Camden26.4 mi away
2%129
4
Magnolia32.7 mi away
2%105
5
Pine Bluff78 mi away
1%73
6
Hot Springs90.5 mi away
1%70
7
Smackover10.7 mi away
1%68
8
Arkadelphia67 mi away
1%61
9
North Little Rock110.7 mi away
1%50
10
Texarkana77.8 mi away
1%49
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%2,529

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

How far

How far El Dorado commutes

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

65%Under 10 mi
3%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

El Dorado is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Dorado are

10,304 jobs are based in El Dorado. Here is what they are, next to the jobs El Dorado’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in El Dorado

10,304 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs El Dorado residents hold

6,681 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month46%
−8%

Jobs based in El Dorado, 2013 → 2023: 11,184 → 10,304. 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.

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