Work & commute · Hickory Ridge

Work & commute in Hickory Ridge, AR

Most working residents leave Hickory Ridge for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wynne (13%), Memphis (11%) and Jonesboro (7%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 84 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 81 Hickory Ridge residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hickory Ridge.

81live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hickory Ridge goes to work

Wynne16.4 mi away

13%11

Memphis, TN61.3 mi away

11%9

Jonesboro33.8 mi away

7%6

Hickory Ridge (in town)right here

4%3

Forrest City29.2 mi away

4%3

Little Rock90.2 mi away

4%3

McCrory15.2 mi away

2%2

Stuttgart70.1 mi away

2%2

Oil Trough30.6 mi away

1%1

Fisher6.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%43

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

How far

How far Hickory Ridge commutes

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

10%

34%

17%

40%

10%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hickory Ridge is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hickory Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Hickory Ridge

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Hickory Ridge residents hold

84 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−53%

Jobs based in Hickory Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 44. 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.