Work & commute · Grady

Work & commute in Grady, AR

Most working residents leave Grady for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pine Bluff (10%), Little Rock (10%) and Paragould (7%). Half commute less than 68 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

68 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 40 Grady residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grady.

40live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grady goes to work

Pine Bluff20.7 mi away

10%4

Little Rock58.8 mi away

10%4

Paragould152.4 mi away

7%3

Dumas17.8 mi away

5%2

Gould9.7 mi away

2%1

Grady (in town)right here

2%1

Wheatley67.6 mi away

2%1

DeWitt25.3 mi away

2%1

Star City12.2 mi away

2%1

Morrilton95.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%22

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

How far

How far Grady commutes

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

21%

71%

5%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

71%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grady is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grady are

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

Jobs based in Grady

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Grady residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−23%

Jobs based in Grady, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 44. 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.