Work & commute · Hot Springs

Work & commute in Hot Springs, AR

50% of Hot Springs’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (10%), Piney (3%) and North Little Rock (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50%

6,815 of 13,738 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 6,923 Hot Springs residents head out of town to work, 6,815 work right here, and 18,937 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hot Springs.

6,923live here, work elsewhere

6,815live and work here

18,937work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hot Springs goes to work

Hot Springs (in town)right here

50%6,815

Little Rock42.6 mi away

10%1,367

Piney5.4 mi away

3%406

North Little Rock50.6 mi away

2%308

Benton27.9 mi away

1%202

Malvern15.3 mi away

1%177

Rockwell5.1 mi away

1%171

Arkadelphia25 mi away

1%139

Fort Smith95.5 mi away

1%139

Hot Springs Village12.6 mi away

1%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%3,878

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

How far

How far Hot Springs commutes

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

61%

15%

19%

61%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hot Springs is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hot Springs are

25,752 jobs are based in Hot Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hot Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hot Springs

25,752 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Hot Springs residents hold

13,738 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+6%

Jobs based in Hot Springs, 2013 → 2023: 24,226 → 25,752. 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.