Work & commute · Garland

Work & commute in Garland, AR

Most working residents leave Garland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Texarkana (25%), Texarkana (19%) and De Queen (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 75 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 74 Garland residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garland.

74live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garland goes to work

Texarkana, TX22.2 mi away

25%19

Texarkana16.6 mi away

19%14

De Queen59.3 mi away

5%4

Stamps12.5 mi away

4%3

Little Rock122.1 mi away

4%3

Nashville40.9 mi away

3%2

Shreveport, LA61.9 mi away

3%2

Nash, TX25 mi away

3%2

Mount Pleasant, TX74.1 mi away

3%2

Garland (in town)right here

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%23

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

How far

How far Garland commutes

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

56%

13%

29%

3%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garland is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garland are

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

Jobs based in Garland

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less63%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Garland residents hold

75 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+60%

Jobs based in Garland, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 16. 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.