Work & commute · Manila

Work & commute in Manila, AR

Most working residents leave Manila for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Jonesboro (11%), Blytheville (11%) and Osceola (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

261 of 1,489 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,228 Manila residents head out of town to work, 261 work right here, and 548 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manila.

1,228live here, work elsewhere

261live and work here

548work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manila goes to work

Manila (in town)right here

18%261

Jonesboro29.1 mi away

11%168

Blytheville15 mi away

11%158

Osceola16.7 mi away

4%57

Paragould22.5 mi away

4%53

Memphis, TN54.7 mi away

3%48

Little Rock147.3 mi away

2%32

Leachville5.3 mi away

2%31

Gosnell12.3 mi away

2%30

Monette10 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%627

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

How far

How far Manila commutes

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

24%

42%

16%

18%

24%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manila is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manila are

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

Jobs based in Manila

809 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Manila residents hold

1,489 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+48%

Jobs based in Manila, 2013 → 2023: 548 → 809. 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.