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

Fayetteville (in town)right here

45%19,065

Springdale8.3 mi away

14%5,908

Bentonville19.7 mi away

7%3,089

Rogers17.1 mi away

7%2,865

Lowell12.8 mi away

3%1,375

Little Rock137.9 mi away

3%1,115

Fort Smith51.2 mi away

2%888

Johnson4.3 mi away

1%380

Siloam Springs21.8 mi away

1%357

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%

22%

13%

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.