Work & commute · Magnolia

Work & commute in Magnolia, AR

45% of Magnolia’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are El Dorado (4%), Little Rock (3%) and Camden (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

1,679 of 3,724 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,045 Magnolia residents head out of town to work, 1,679 work right here, and 3,496 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Magnolia.

2,045live here, work elsewhere

1,679live and work here

3,496work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Magnolia goes to work

Magnolia (in town)right here

45%1,679

El Dorado32.7 mi away

4%146

Little Rock111.8 mi away

3%114

Camden29.6 mi away

2%82

Hope34.2 mi away

1%43

North Little Rock118.5 mi away

1%37

Pine Bluff94.8 mi away

1%32

Hot Springs84.4 mi away

1%32

Taylor18.3 mi away

1%28

Texarkana45.3 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,503

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

How far

How far Magnolia commutes

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

55%

16%

25%

55%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Magnolia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Magnolia are

5,175 jobs are based in Magnolia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Magnolia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Magnolia

5,175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Magnolia residents hold

3,724 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−5%

Jobs based in Magnolia, 2013 → 2023: 5,434 → 5,175. 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.