Work & commute · Hope

Work & commute in Hope, AR

About one in 3 of Hope’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Prescott (4%), Texarkana (4%) and Texarkana (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

951 of 3,315 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,364 Hope residents head out of town to work, 951 work right here, and 2,717 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hope.

2,364live here, work elsewhere

951live and work here

2,717work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hope goes to work

Hope (in town)right here

29%951

Prescott14.7 mi away

4%141

Texarkana28 mi away

4%125

Texarkana, TX32.3 mi away

3%107

Little Rock101.4 mi away

3%97

Nashville24.2 mi away

3%88

Magnolia34.2 mi away

2%54

Hot Springs64.6 mi away

2%51

Arkadelphia43.5 mi away

1%40

Camden43.1 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,622

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

How far

How far Hope commutes

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

53%

10%

16%

22%

53%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hope is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hope are

3,668 jobs are based in Hope. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hope

3,668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Hope residents hold

3,315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month36%

−17%

Jobs based in Hope, 2013 → 2023: 4,439 → 3,668. 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.