Work & commute · Fordyce

Work & commute in Fordyce, AR

44% of Fordyce’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (4%), Sheridan (3%) and Camden (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

462 of 1,058 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 596 Fordyce residents head out of town to work, 462 work right here, and 1,429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fordyce.

596live here, work elsewhere

462live and work here

1,429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fordyce goes to work

Fordyce (in town)right here

44%462

Little Rock62.8 mi away

4%40

Sheridan34.8 mi away

3%30

Camden30.3 mi away

2%25

Rison16.1 mi away

2%24

El Dorado43.8 mi away

2%20

Bearden13.2 mi away

2%18

Pine Bluff35.5 mi away

2%16

Texarkana94.1 mi away

1%14

Hot Springs58.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%398

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

How far

How far Fordyce commutes

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

46%

14%

16%

24%

46%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fordyce is a job hub

1.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fordyce are

1,891 jobs are based in Fordyce. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fordyce’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fordyce

1,891 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Fordyce residents hold

1,058 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−3%

Jobs based in Fordyce, 2013 → 2023: 1,940 → 1,891. 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.