Work & commute · Lonoke

Work & commute in Lonoke, AR

Most working residents leave Lonoke for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (25%), North Little Rock (10%) and Carlisle (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

254 of 1,567 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 1,313 Lonoke residents head out of town to work, 254 work right here, and 1,403 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lonoke.

1,313live here, work elsewhere

254live and work here

1,403work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lonoke goes to work

Little Rock26 mi away

25%393

Lonoke (in town)right here

16%254

North Little Rock18.6 mi away

10%149

Carlisle9.5 mi away

3%52

Cabot14.5 mi away

3%40

Conway37.3 mi away

3%40

Sherwood17.4 mi away

2%39

Jacksonville14.1 mi away

2%37

Searcy32.6 mi away

2%31

Pine Bluff40.5 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%501

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

How far

How far Lonoke commutes

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

26%

36%

23%

14%

26%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lonoke is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lonoke are

1,657 jobs are based in Lonoke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lonoke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lonoke

1,657 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Lonoke residents hold

1,567 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+4%

Jobs based in Lonoke, 2013 → 2023: 1,590 → 1,657. 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.