Work & commute · Lafe

Work & commute in Lafe, AR

Most working residents leave Lafe for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Paragould (42%), Jonesboro (16%) and Batesville (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 180 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 180 Lafe residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lafe.

180live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lafe goes to work

Paragould10.9 mi away

42%76

Jonesboro28.6 mi away

16%29

Batesville69.5 mi away

2%4

Searcy96.1 mi away

2%4

Little Rock146.3 mi away

2%4

Marmaduke6.8 mi away

2%3

Rector12.3 mi away

1%2

Piggott21 mi away

1%2

Marked Tree47.3 mi away

1%2

Diaz57.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%52

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

How far

How far Lafe commutes

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

24%

33%

23%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lafe is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lafe are

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

Jobs based in Lafe

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities77%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month8%

Jobs Lafe residents hold

180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+117%

Jobs based in Lafe, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 13. 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.