Work & commute · Elm Springs

Work & commute in Elm Springs, AR

Most working residents leave Elm Springs for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springdale (33%), Fayetteville (17%) and Rogers (10%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 1,259 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,249 Elm Springs residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 333 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elm Springs.

1,249live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

333work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elm Springs goes to work

Springdale4.7 mi away

33%421

Fayetteville10.1 mi away

17%217

Rogers9.1 mi away

10%132

Bentonville10.1 mi away

10%129

Lowell5.8 mi away

5%63

Tontitown2.7 mi away

3%38

Little Rock147.1 mi away

3%32

Siloam Springs16.4 mi away

2%20

Johnson6.1 mi away

1%15

Gentry14.4 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%181

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

How far

How far Elm Springs commutes

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

64%

24%

11%

64%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elm Springs is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elm Springs are

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

Jobs based in Elm Springs

343 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Elm Springs residents hold

1,259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+174%

Jobs based in Elm Springs, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 343. 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.