Work & commute · Gentry

Work & commute in Gentry, AR

Most working residents leave Gentry for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Siloam Springs (15%), Bentonville (10%) and Springdale (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

321 of 1,801 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,480 Gentry residents head out of town to work, 321 work right here, and 3,774 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gentry.

1,480live here, work elsewhere

321live and work here

3,774work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gentry goes to work

Gentry (in town)right here

18%321

Siloam Springs5 mi away

15%277

Bentonville16 mi away

10%187

Springdale19.1 mi away

8%143

Rogers19.4 mi away

7%128

Fayetteville21.9 mi away

7%119

Lowell18.8 mi away

3%48

Little Rock159.6 mi away

2%39

Decatur7 mi away

2%31

Gravette14.1 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%480

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

How far

How far Gentry commutes

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

41%

43%

14%

41%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gentry is a job hub

2.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gentry are

4,095 jobs are based in Gentry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gentry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gentry

4,095 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Gentry residents hold

1,801 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+75%

Jobs based in Gentry, 2013 → 2023: 2,340 → 4,095. 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.