Work & commute · Huntsville

Work & commute in Huntsville, AR

About one in 3 of Huntsville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Springdale (14%), Fayetteville (7%) and Rogers (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

327 of 1,014 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 687 Huntsville residents head out of town to work, 327 work right here, and 1,856 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huntsville.

687live here, work elsewhere

327live and work here

1,856work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huntsville goes to work

Huntsville (in town)right here

32%327

Springdale24.4 mi away

14%144

Fayetteville24.3 mi away

7%73

Rogers27.8 mi away

4%41

Lowell25.8 mi away

3%32

Little Rock122.5 mi away

3%32

Berryville20.9 mi away

3%29

Bentonville32.8 mi away

2%20

Green Forest23.4 mi away

1%14

Fort Smith63 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%289

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

How far

How far Huntsville commutes

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

38%

30%

14%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huntsville is a job hub

2.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Huntsville are

2,183 jobs are based in Huntsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huntsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Huntsville

2,183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Huntsville residents hold

1,014 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+51%

Jobs based in Huntsville, 2013 → 2023: 1,446 → 2,183. 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.