Work & commute · Lavaca

Work & commute in Lavaca, AR

Most working residents leave Lavaca for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (47%), Van Buren (5%) and Little Rock (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 952 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 911 Lavaca residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lavaca.

911live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lavaca goes to work

Fort Smith10.7 mi away

47%448

Van Buren12.8 mi away

5%48

Lavaca (in town)right here

4%41

Little Rock111.4 mi away

3%27

Greenwood8.8 mi away

2%21

Fayetteville51.2 mi away

2%20

Charleston8 mi away

2%19

Springdale59.5 mi away

2%18

Bentonville70.6 mi away

2%17

Barling5.5 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%280

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

How far

How far Lavaca commutes

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

24%

51%

22%

24%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lavaca is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lavaca are

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

Jobs based in Lavaca

268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lavaca residents hold

952 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−8%

Jobs based in Lavaca, 2013 → 2023: 291 → 268. 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.