Work & commute · Fair Oaks

Work & commute in Fair Oaks, AR

Most working residents leave Fair Oaks for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (14%), Brinkley (9%) and Wynne (9%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 22 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 22 Fair Oaks residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fair Oaks.

22live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fair Oaks goes to work

Memphis, TN61 mi away

14%3

Brinkley26.2 mi away

9%2

Wynne14 mi away

9%2

Augusta18.5 mi away

5%1

Searcy39.5 mi away

5%1

Marion46.9 mi away

5%1

Bryant93.2 mi away

5%1

Paragould62.9 mi away

5%1

Jonesboro44.3 mi away

5%1

North Little Rock75.1 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%8

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

How far

How far Fair Oaks commutes

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

14%

27%

45%

14%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fair Oaks is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fair Oaks are

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

Jobs based in Fair Oaks

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities84%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Fair Oaks residents hold

22 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+217%

Jobs based in Fair Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 19. 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.