Work & commute · Eureka Springs

Work & commute in Eureka Springs, AR

About one in 3 of Eureka Springs’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Berryville (6%), Bentonville (3%) and Little Rock (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

284 of 732 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 448 Eureka Springs residents head out of town to work, 284 work right here, and 1,381 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eureka Springs.

448live here, work elsewhere

284live and work here

1,381work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eureka Springs goes to work

Eureka Springs (in town)right here

39%284

Berryville10.1 mi away

6%45

Bentonville27.5 mi away

3%25

Little Rock140.1 mi away

3%24

Rogers23.7 mi away

3%23

Springdale27.5 mi away

3%19

Fayetteville33.3 mi away

3%19

Fort Smith81.3 mi away

2%14

Holiday Island5.1 mi away

2%12

Harrison36.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%257

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

How far

How far Eureka Springs commutes

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

57%

14%

22%

57%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eureka Springs is a job hub

2.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eureka Springs are

1,665 jobs are based in Eureka Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eureka Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eureka Springs

1,665 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Eureka Springs residents hold

732 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+12%

Jobs based in Eureka Springs, 2013 → 2023: 1,493 → 1,665. 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.