Work & commute · Imboden

Work & commute in Imboden, AR

Most working residents leave Imboden for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jonesboro (15%), Walnut Ridge (10%) and Pocahontas (9%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 181 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 174 Imboden residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Imboden.

174live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Imboden goes to work

Jonesboro38.3 mi away

15%28

Walnut Ridge15.1 mi away

10%19

Pocahontas12.3 mi away

9%16

Paragould38.6 mi away

6%10

Imboden (in town)right here

4%7

North Little Rock114.6 mi away

3%6

Black Rock7.5 mi away

3%5

Hoxie16 mi away

3%5

Hardy18.9 mi away

2%4

Portia9.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%78

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

How far

How far Imboden commutes

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

15%

37%

31%

17%

15%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Imboden is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Imboden are

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

Jobs based in Imboden

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Imboden residents hold

181 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−15%

Jobs based in Imboden, 2013 → 2023: 236 → 200. 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.