Work & commute · Farmington

Work & commute in Farmington, AR

Most working residents leave Farmington for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (41%), Springdale (16%) and Bentonville (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

88 of 3,713 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,625 Farmington residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 1,036 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmington.

3,625live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

1,036work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farmington goes to work

Fayetteville5.4 mi away

41%1,523

Springdale12 mi away

16%585

Bentonville21.8 mi away

7%262

Rogers20.2 mi away

7%246

Lowell16.1 mi away

4%150

Farmington (in town)right here

2%88

Little Rock140 mi away

2%87

Fort Smith48 mi away

2%66

Prairie Grove4.5 mi away

2%63

Siloam Springs18.6 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%597

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

How far

How far Farmington commutes

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

51%

35%

11%

51%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farmington is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farmington are

1,124 jobs are based in Farmington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farmington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farmington

1,124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Farmington residents hold

3,713 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+64%

Jobs based in Farmington, 2013 → 2023: 685 → 1,124. 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.