Work & commute · Hardy

Work & commute in Hardy, AR

Most working residents leave Hardy for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Ash Flat (12%), Batesville (8%) and Little Rock (7%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

18 of 182 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 164 Hardy residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hardy.

164live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hardy goes to work

Ash Flat9 mi away

12%22

Hardy (in town)right here

10%18

Batesville38.9 mi away

8%15

Little Rock120.7 mi away

7%13

Mountain Home50.3 mi away

5%10

Mammoth Spring12.4 mi away

3%6

Cherokee Village5.3 mi away

3%5

Jonesboro56.6 mi away

3%5

Highland4.1 mi away

2%4

Southside42.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%80

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

How far

How far Hardy commutes

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

30%

21%

40%

30%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hardy is a job hub

2.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hardy are

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

Jobs based in Hardy

543 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Hardy residents hold

182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−33%

Jobs based in Hardy, 2013 → 2023: 813 → 543. 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.