Work & commute · Hackett

Work & commute in Hackett, AR

Most working residents leave Hackett for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (49%), Greenwood (9%) and Little Rock (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 327 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 313 Hackett residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hackett.

313live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hackett goes to work

Fort Smith11.4 mi away

49%159

Greenwood9.8 mi away

9%30

Hackett (in town)right here

4%14

Little Rock120.5 mi away

2%8

Springdale70.8 mi away

2%7

Barling12.3 mi away

2%5

Van Buren18.5 mi away

2%5

Rogers79.4 mi away

2%5

Pocola, OK5.5 mi away

2%5

Paragould227 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%85

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

How far

How far Hackett commutes

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

36%

41%

22%

36%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hackett is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hackett are

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

Jobs based in Hackett

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Hackett residents hold

327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+11%

Jobs based in Hackett, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 202. 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.