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Work & commute in Magazine, AR

Most working residents leave Magazine for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (22%), Booneville (11%) and Paris (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 230 Magazine residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Magazine.

230live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Magazine goes to work

Fort Smith34.5 mi away

22%54

Booneville6.3 mi away

11%26

Magazine (in town)right here

7%16

Paris10.3 mi away

5%12

Russellville38.8 mi away

4%9

Ozark24.2 mi away

3%7

Bentonville86.1 mi away

3%7

Little Rock87.3 mi away

2%6

Alma32.7 mi away

2%5

Charleston16.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%100

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

How far

How far Magazine commutes

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

25%

15%

36%

24%

25%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Magazine is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Magazine are

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

Jobs based in Magazine

180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Magazine residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+38%

Jobs based in Magazine, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 180. 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.