Work & commute · Fairfield Bay

Work & commute in Fairfield Bay, AR

About one in 5 of Fairfield Bay’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Clinton (10%), Conway (6%) and Little Rock (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

123 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 494 Fairfield Bay residents head out of town to work, 123 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfield Bay.

494live here, work elsewhere

123live and work here

330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfield Bay goes to work

Fairfield Bay (in town)right here

20%123

Clinton10.8 mi away

10%62

Conway38.1 mi away

6%40

Little Rock60.7 mi away

5%33

Heber Springs15.1 mi away

4%26

Batesville37.9 mi away

3%17

Greers Ferry5.9 mi away

2%13

Shirley4 mi away

2%12

Jonesboro90.3 mi away

2%12

Searcy38.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%271

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

How far

How far Fairfield Bay commutes

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

32%

19%

17%

31%

32%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfield Bay is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfield Bay are

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

Jobs based in Fairfield Bay

453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Fairfield Bay residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+30%

Jobs based in Fairfield Bay, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 453. 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.