Work & commute · London

Work & commute in London, AR

Most working residents leave London for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Russellville (40%), Little Rock (7%) and Clarksville (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 369 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 345 London residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 1,050 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in London.

345live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

1,050work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where London goes to work

Russellville6.9 mi away

40%147

Little Rock65.1 mi away

7%25

London (in town)right here

7%24

Clarksville16 mi away

4%15

Conway47.2 mi away

3%12

Pottsville12.3 mi away

3%10

Dardanelle8.3 mi away

2%9

Dover8.5 mi away

2%8

Hot Springs58.9 mi away

2%8

Springdale78.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%104

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

How far

How far London commutes

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

53%

11%

31%

53%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

London is a job hub

2.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in London are

1,074 jobs are based in London. Here is what they are, next to the jobs London’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in London

1,074 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities78%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs London residents hold

369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+2%

Jobs based in London, 2013 → 2023: 1,055 → 1,074. 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.