Work & commute · Little Rock

Work & commute in Little Rock, AR

68% of Little Rock’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are North Little Rock (8%), Conway (2%) and Sherwood (1%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68%

54,304 of 80,411 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26,107 Little Rock residents head out of town to work, 54,304 work right here, and 120,387 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Rock.

26,107live here, work elsewhere

54,304live and work here

120,387work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Rock goes to work

Little Rock (in town)right here

68%54,304

North Little Rock8 mi away

8%6,776

Conway24.9 mi away

2%1,346

Sherwood12.4 mi away

1%1,138

Bryant10.6 mi away

1%1,070

Benton15.9 mi away

1%1,016

Maumelle9.1 mi away

1%1,009

Pine Bluff40.5 mi away

1%628

Fayetteville137.9 mi away

1%593

Hot Springs42.6 mi away

1%548

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%11,983

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

How far

How far Little Rock commutes

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

72%

14%

10%

72%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Rock is a job hub

2.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Rock are

174,691 jobs are based in Little Rock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Little Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Little Rock

174,691 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Little Rock residents hold

80,411 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+5%

Jobs based in Little Rock, 2013 → 2023: 165,666 → 174,691. 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.