Work & commute · Magnet Cove

Work & commute in Magnet Cove, AR

Most working residents leave Magnet Cove for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hot Springs (18%), Little Rock (15%) and Malvern (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 285 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 277 Magnet Cove residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Magnet Cove.

277live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Magnet Cove goes to work

Hot Springs12.4 mi away

18%50

Little Rock33.3 mi away

15%42

Malvern5.3 mi away

8%23

Benton17.5 mi away

7%19

Jones Mills3.6 mi away

4%11

North Little Rock41.3 mi away

4%10

Magnet Cove (in town)right here

3%8

Bryant23 mi away

2%7

Arkadelphia25.9 mi away

2%5

Sheridan24.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%106

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

How far

How far Magnet Cove commutes

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

25%

31%

27%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Magnet Cove is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Magnet Cove are

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

Jobs based in Magnet Cove

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less1%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Magnet Cove residents hold

285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+488%

Jobs based in Magnet Cove, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 100. 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.