Work & commute · Fayetteville

Work & commute in Fayetteville, AR

45% of Fayetteville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Springdale (14%), Bentonville (7%) and Rogers (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
45%
19,065 of 42,082 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,017 Fayetteville residents head out of town to work, 19,065 work right here, and 41,357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fayetteville.

23,017live here, work elsewhere
19,065live and work here
41,357work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fayetteville goes to work

JohnsonElkinsGreenlandLowellFarmingtonPrairie GroveSiloam SpringsTontitownBella VistaRogersBentonvilleSpringdaleLittle RockFort SmithFayettevilleSpringdaleBentonvilleRogersLowellLittle RockFort SmithJohnsonSiloam SpringsTontitownFayetteville
1
Fayetteville (in town)right here
45%19,065
2
Springdale8.3 mi away
14%5,908
3
Bentonville19.7 mi away
7%3,089
4
Rogers17.1 mi away
7%2,865
5
Lowell12.8 mi away
3%1,375
6
Little Rock137.9 mi away
3%1,115
7
Fort Smith51.2 mi away
2%888
8
Johnson4.3 mi away
1%380
9
Siloam Springs21.8 mi away
1%357
10
Tontitown7.9 mi away
1%330
Everywhere elseother towns and states
16%6,710

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

How far

How far Fayetteville commutes

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

62%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fayetteville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fayetteville are

60,422 jobs are based in Fayetteville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fayetteville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fayetteville

60,422 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Fayetteville residents hold

42,082 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month53%
+37%

Jobs based in Fayetteville, 2013 → 2023: 43,971 → 60,422. 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.

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