Work & commute · Malvern

Work & commute in Malvern, AR

About one in 4 of Malvern’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (13%), Hot Springs (12%) and Benton (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

871 of 3,717 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,846 Malvern residents head out of town to work, 871 work right here, and 3,166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Malvern.

2,846live here, work elsewhere

871live and work here

3,166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Malvern goes to work

Malvern (in town)right here

23%871

Little Rock35.9 mi away

13%484

Hot Springs15.3 mi away

12%450

Benton20 mi away

3%129

North Little Rock43.7 mi away

2%89

Bryant25.3 mi away

2%80

Arkadelphia22.2 mi away

2%79

Conway52.5 mi away

1%45

Sheridan21.9 mi away

1%40

Rockport2.5 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,413

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

How far

How far Malvern commutes

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

34%

27%

22%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Malvern is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Malvern are

4,037 jobs are based in Malvern. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Malvern’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Malvern

4,037 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Malvern residents hold

3,717 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−7%

Jobs based in Malvern, 2013 → 2023: 4,359 → 4,037. 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.