Work & commute · Kensett

Work & commute in Kensett, AR

Most working residents leave Kensett for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Searcy (45%), Little Rock (5%) and Conway (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 441 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 432 Kensett residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kensett.

432live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kensett goes to work

Searcy3.6 mi away

45%197

Little Rock52.5 mi away

5%22

Conway46.3 mi away

3%12

Kensett (in town)right here

2%9

Jonesboro68.9 mi away

2%8

Cabot27 mi away

2%7

Des Arc20 mi away

1%6

Bryant63 mi away

1%6

Rogers157.9 mi away

1%5

Russellville82.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%164

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

How far

How far Kensett commutes

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

54%

15%

27%

54%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kensett is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kensett are

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

Jobs based in Kensett

193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Kensett residents hold

441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

−35%

Jobs based in Kensett, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 193. 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.