Work & commute · Knoxville

Work & commute in Knoxville, AR

Most working residents leave Knoxville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Clarksville (22%), Russellville (10%) and Lamar (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 211 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 204 Knoxville residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knoxville.

204live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Knoxville goes to work

Clarksville8.6 mi away

22%47

Russellville14.4 mi away

10%22

Lamar5 mi away

9%20

Little Rock72.5 mi away

4%8

Fort Smith56.9 mi away

4%8

Knoxville (in town)right here

3%7

London7.5 mi away

3%7

Dardanelle15.2 mi away

3%7

Conway54.6 mi away

2%5

Bentonville83.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%76

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

How far

How far Knoxville commutes

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

38%

24%

33%

38%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Knoxville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Knoxville are

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

Jobs based in Knoxville

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)93%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Knoxville residents hold

211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−7%

Jobs based in Knoxville, 2013 → 2023: 239 → 222. 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.