Work & commute · Kingston

Work & commute in Kingston, AR

Most working residents leave Kingston for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (16%), Springdale (12%) and Harrison (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 25 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 24 Kingston residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingston.

24live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingston goes to work

Huntsville12.6 mi away

16%4

Springdale37 mi away

12%3

Harrison25.5 mi away

8%2

Fayetteville36.5 mi away

8%2

Pea Ridge43.2 mi away

4%1

Van Buren63.1 mi away

4%1

Pine Bluff153 mi away

4%1

Rogers39.9 mi away

4%1

Poteau, OK92.1 mi away

4%1

Farmers Branch, TX288.9 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%8

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

How far

How far Kingston commutes

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

46%

33%

17%

4%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingston is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingston are

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

Jobs based in Kingston

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less57%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Kingston residents hold

25 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+367%

Jobs based in Kingston, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 14. 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.