Work & commute · Foreman

Work & commute in Foreman, AR

Most working residents leave Foreman for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Ashdown (10%), Texarkana (8%) and Texarkana (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

47 of 332 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 285 Foreman residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Foreman.

285live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Foreman goes to work

Foreman (in town)right here

14%47

Ashdown15.9 mi away

10%33

Texarkana, TX25.9 mi away

8%27

Texarkana30.7 mi away

5%18

De Queen22.5 mi away

5%15

Horatio15.6 mi away

3%11

Little Rock135.6 mi away

3%9

Nashville34.9 mi away

2%8

Mena60.3 mi away

1%4

Hope46.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%156

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

How far

How far Foreman commutes

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

23%

29%

25%

23%

23%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Foreman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Foreman are

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

Jobs based in Foreman

389 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Foreman residents hold

332 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+52%

Jobs based in Foreman, 2013 → 2023: 256 → 389. 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.