Work & commute · Greers Ferry

Work & commute in Greers Ferry, AR

Most working residents leave Greers Ferry for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Heber Springs (13%), Little Rock (7%) and Conway (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

23 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 202 Greers Ferry residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greers Ferry.

202live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greers Ferry goes to work

Heber Springs9.3 mi away

13%30

Greers Ferry (in town)right here

10%23

Little Rock59.7 mi away

7%15

Conway38.5 mi away

4%9

Batesville33.3 mi away

3%7

Clinton16.3 mi away

3%6

Bentonville127.4 mi away

3%6

Jonesboro85.1 mi away

2%5

Mountain Home53.9 mi away

2%4

Searcy33.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%116

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

How far

How far Greers Ferry commutes

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

28%

23%

14%

35%

28%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greers Ferry is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greers Ferry are

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

Jobs based in Greers Ferry

300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Greers Ferry residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−14%

Jobs based in Greers Ferry, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 300. 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.