Work & commute · Jacksonville

Work & commute in Jacksonville, AR

Most working residents leave Jacksonville for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (37%), North Little Rock (16%) and Sherwood (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,205 of 10,301 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 9,096 Jacksonville residents head out of town to work, 1,205 work right here, and 6,199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacksonville.

9,096live here, work elsewhere

1,205live and work here

6,199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacksonville goes to work

Little Rock16.6 mi away

37%3,820

North Little Rock8.9 mi away

16%1,652

Jacksonville (in town)right here

12%1,205

Sherwood4.5 mi away

5%520

Conway23.4 mi away

3%284

Cabot8.9 mi away

3%258

Sweet Home16 mi away

1%134

Maumelle15.3 mi away

1%123

Benton32.5 mi away

1%93

Fayetteville141.1 mi away

1%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%2,130

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

How far

How far Jacksonville commutes

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

31%

51%

12%

31%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacksonville is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacksonville are

7,404 jobs are based in Jacksonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacksonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jacksonville

7,404 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Jacksonville residents hold

10,301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−5%

Jobs based in Jacksonville, 2013 → 2023: 7,797 → 7,404. 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.