Work & commute · Elkins

Work & commute in Elkins, AR

Most working residents leave Elkins for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (41%), Springdale (15%) and Bentonville (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 1,780 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,675 Elkins residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 779 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elkins.

1,675live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

779work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elkins goes to work

Fayetteville8.8 mi away

41%723

Springdale14.1 mi away

15%268

Elkins (in town)right here

6%105

Bentonville25.9 mi away

6%101

Rogers22 mi away

5%90

Lowell18 mi away

4%70

Little Rock129.5 mi away

2%38

Fort Smith50.1 mi away

1%26

Tontitown16 mi away

1%19

Van Buren43.3 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%321

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

How far

How far Elkins commutes

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

44%

37%

11%

44%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elkins is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elkins are

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

Jobs based in Elkins

884 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Elkins residents hold

1,780 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+9%

Jobs based in Elkins, 2013 → 2023: 814 → 884. 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.