Work & commute · Gurdon

Work & commute in Gurdon, AR

Most working residents leave Gurdon for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Arkadelphia (15%), Little Rock (8%) and Prescott (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 671 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 619 Gurdon residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gurdon.

619live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gurdon goes to work

Arkadelphia15.4 mi away

15%102

Little Rock72 mi away

8%56

Gurdon (in town)right here

8%52

Prescott15.7 mi away

5%31

Hot Springs40.1 mi away

3%23

North Little Rock79.5 mi away

3%21

Malvern36.9 mi away

3%20

Hope30.3 mi away

3%17

Fayetteville159.6 mi away

1%10

Caddo Valley18.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%330

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

How far

How far Gurdon commutes

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

24%

20%

32%

24%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gurdon is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gurdon are

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

Jobs based in Gurdon

219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Gurdon residents hold

671 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−34%

Jobs based in Gurdon, 2013 → 2023: 334 → 219. 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.