Work & commute · Leola

Work & commute in Leola, AR

Most working residents leave Leola for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (24%), Sheridan (9%) and Bryant (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 174 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 166 Leola residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leola.

166live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

157work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leola goes to work

Little Rock40.6 mi away

24%41

Sheridan13.5 mi away

9%16

Bryant31.4 mi away

5%9

Leola (in town)right here

5%8

Benton28.2 mi away

5%8

Malvern19.2 mi away

3%6

Poyen11 mi away

2%4

Prattsville10.6 mi away

2%4

Pine Bluff32.9 mi away

2%4

North Little Rock46.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%70

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

How far

How far Leola commutes

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

10%

23%

50%

17%

10%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leola is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leola are

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

Jobs based in Leola

165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)93%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Leola residents hold

174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−16%

Jobs based in Leola, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 165. 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.