Work & commute · Hughes

Work & commute in Hughes, AR

Most working residents leave Hughes for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (18%), West Memphis (13%) and Forrest City (10%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 278 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 271 Hughes residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hughes.

271live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hughes goes to work

Memphis, TN30.5 mi away

18%49

West Memphis20.8 mi away

13%35

Forrest City18.8 mi away

10%28

Marion23.2 mi away

7%19

Jonesboro61.4 mi away

5%13

Little Rock108.1 mi away

4%11

Hughes (in town)right here

3%7

Marianna20.7 mi away

2%5

Paragould76.3 mi away

2%5

Widener13 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%103

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

How far

How far Hughes commutes

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

39%

26%

29%

5%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hughes is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hughes are

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

Jobs based in Hughes

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Hughes residents hold

278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−71%

Jobs based in Hughes, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 59. 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.