Work & commute · Heber Springs

Work & commute in Heber Springs, AR

About one in 3 of Heber Springs’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Searcy (5%), Little Rock (4%) and Conway (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

700 of 2,189 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,489 Heber Springs residents head out of town to work, 700 work right here, and 2,367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heber Springs.

1,489live here, work elsewhere

700live and work here

2,367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heber Springs goes to work

Heber Springs (in town)right here

32%700

Searcy24.4 mi away

5%118

Little Rock56.6 mi away

4%81

Conway38.4 mi away

4%79

Batesville29.4 mi away

2%54

Jonesboro79 mi away

2%37

Cabot36.2 mi away

1%23

Russellville64.3 mi away

1%20

Mountain Home61.1 mi away

1%18

North Little Rock50.9 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,041

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

How far

How far Heber Springs commutes

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

56%

17%

22%

56%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heber Springs is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Heber Springs are

3,067 jobs are based in Heber Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Heber Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Heber Springs

3,067 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Heber Springs residents hold

2,189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−8%

Jobs based in Heber Springs, 2013 → 2023: 3,327 → 3,067. 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.