Work & commute · Green Forest

Work & commute in Green Forest, AR

About one in 4 of Green Forest’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Berryville (21%), Harrison (8%) and Rogers (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

307 of 1,212 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 905 Green Forest residents head out of town to work, 307 work right here, and 2,245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Forest.

905live here, work elsewhere

307live and work here

2,245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Forest goes to work

Green Forest (in town)right here

25%307

Berryville8 mi away

21%252

Harrison18.6 mi away

8%95

Rogers40.2 mi away

5%56

Springdale41.5 mi away

3%42

Fayetteville44.9 mi away

3%36

Little Rock126.5 mi away

3%35

Clarksville60.9 mi away

2%23

Russellville74.9 mi away

2%23

Dardanelle78 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%321

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

How far

How far Green Forest commutes

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

50%

16%

14%

20%

50%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Forest is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Forest are

2,552 jobs are based in Green Forest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green Forest

2,552 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Green Forest residents hold

1,212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+23%

Jobs based in Green Forest, 2013 → 2023: 2,080 → 2,552. 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.