Work & commute · Elaine

Work & commute in Elaine, AR

Most working residents leave Elaine for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Helena-West Helena (8%), Little Rock (7%) and Jonesboro (6%). Half commute less than 53 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 108 working residents

Typical commute

53 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 107 Elaine residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elaine.

107live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elaine goes to work

Helena-West Helena20.3 mi away

8%9

Little Rock90.4 mi away

7%8

Jonesboro104.9 mi away

6%7

Memphis, TN74.7 mi away

6%7

DeWitt27.7 mi away

5%5

Marvell17.5 mi away

4%4

Forrest City48.8 mi away

3%3

Paragould122 mi away

3%3

Mountain Home164.5 mi away

2%2

West Memphis69 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%58

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

How far

How far Elaine commutes

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

37%

10%

52%

2%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elaine is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elaine are

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

Jobs based in Elaine

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Elaine residents hold

108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month32%

+9%

Jobs based in Elaine, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 84. 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.