Work & commute · Horseshoe Bend

Work & commute in Horseshoe Bend, AR

Most working residents leave Horseshoe Bend for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Melbourne (11%), Batesville (11%) and Ash Flat (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 657 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 595 Horseshoe Bend residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Horseshoe Bend.

595live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Horseshoe Bend goes to work

Melbourne13.3 mi away

11%73

Batesville31.8 mi away

11%73

Horseshoe Bend (in town)right here

9%62

Ash Flat7.4 mi away

6%40

Salem11.5 mi away

6%37

Little Rock108.9 mi away

4%23

Mountain Home36.9 mi away

3%18

Oxford10.1 mi away

2%15

Jonesboro65.3 mi away

2%13

Hardy15.9 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%292

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

How far

How far Horseshoe Bend commutes

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

23%

25%

21%

31%

23%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Horseshoe Bend is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Horseshoe Bend are

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

Jobs based in Horseshoe Bend

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Horseshoe Bend residents hold

657 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−18%

Jobs based in Horseshoe Bend, 2013 → 2023: 286 → 234. 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.