Work & commute · Higginson

Work & commute in Higginson, AR

Most working residents leave Higginson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Searcy (29%), Little Rock (12%) and North Little Rock (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 295 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 290 Higginson residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Higginson.

290live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Higginson goes to work

Searcy3.3 mi away

29%87

Little Rock48.9 mi away

12%34

North Little Rock41.1 mi away

7%20

Cabot23.4 mi away

6%18

Beebe13.6 mi away

4%13

Jacksonville32.3 mi away

3%8

Jonesboro72.4 mi away

2%7

Conway43.3 mi away

2%7

McRae8.5 mi away

2%6

Higginson (in town)right here

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%90

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

How far

How far Higginson commutes

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

39%

12%

31%

18%

39%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Higginson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Higginson are

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

Jobs based in Higginson

279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Higginson residents hold

295 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+494%

Jobs based in Higginson, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 279. 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.