Work & commute · Lowell

Work & commute in Lowell, AR

Most working residents leave Lowell for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Rogers (22%), Springdale (19%) and Bentonville (18%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

483 of 5,267 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,784 Lowell residents head out of town to work, 483 work right here, and 13,058 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lowell.

4,784live here, work elsewhere

483live and work here

13,058work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lowell goes to work

Rogers4.3 mi away

22%1,144

Springdale4.5 mi away

19%1,025

Bentonville7.9 mi away

18%930

Fayetteville12.8 mi away

12%611

Lowell (in town)right here

9%483

Little Rock146.2 mi away

2%127

Fort Smith63.8 mi away

2%81

Siloam Springs21.6 mi away

1%57

Cave Springs4.1 mi away

1%30

North Little Rock148.4 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%750

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

How far

How far Lowell commutes

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

72%

15%

12%

72%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lowell is a job hub

2.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lowell are

13,541 jobs are based in Lowell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lowell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lowell

13,541 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Lowell residents hold

5,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+54%

Jobs based in Lowell, 2013 → 2023: 8,794 → 13,541. 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.