Work & commute · Lincoln

Work & commute in Lincoln, AR

Most working residents leave Lincoln for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (25%), Springdale (11%) and Prairie Grove (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 970 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 917 Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 570 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln.

917live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

570work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincoln goes to work

Fayetteville16.4 mi away

25%247

Springdale22.3 mi away

11%111

Prairie Grove6.9 mi away

6%59

Siloam Springs17.5 mi away

6%57

Lincoln (in town)right here

5%53

Rogers29.5 mi away

5%48

Bentonville29.7 mi away

5%48

Lowell25.8 mi away

3%27

Fort Smith41.5 mi away

2%23

Little Rock143.6 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%279

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

How far

How far Lincoln commutes

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

17%

54%

19%

11%

17%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln are

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

Jobs based in Lincoln

623 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lincoln residents hold

970 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+10%

Jobs based in Lincoln, 2013 → 2023: 568 → 623. 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.