Work & commute · Junction

Work & commute in Junction, AR

Most working residents leave Junction for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are El Dorado (43%), Little Rock (4%) and Smackover (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 226 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 216 Junction residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Junction.

216live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Junction goes to work

El Dorado14 mi away

43%97

Junction City (in town)right here

4%10

Little Rock119.5 mi away

4%8

Smackover23.6 mi away

2%4

Arkadelphia78.9 mi away

1%3

North Little Rock124.8 mi away

1%3

Fordyce57.8 mi away

1%2

Monticello67.9 mi away

1%2

Searcy163.4 mi away

1%2

Camden38.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%93

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

How far

How far Junction commutes

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

62%

25%

7%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Junction is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Junction are

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

Jobs based in Junction

137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Junction residents hold

226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−14%

Jobs based in Junction, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 137. 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.