Work & commute · Mansfield

Work & commute in Mansfield, AR

Most working residents leave Mansfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (33%), Waldron (6%) and Greenwood (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 408 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 383 Mansfield residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mansfield.

383live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

337work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mansfield goes to work

Fort Smith21.2 mi away

33%136

Mansfield (in town)right here

6%25

Waldron13.6 mi away

6%25

Greenwood10.2 mi away

6%23

Van Buren27.6 mi away

3%14

Little Rock108.9 mi away

3%13

Bentonville89 mi away

3%12

Fayetteville69.7 mi away

2%10

Clarksville50.3 mi away

2%7

Rogers86.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%136

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

How far

How far Mansfield commutes

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

12%

54%

25%

12%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mansfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mansfield are

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

Jobs based in Mansfield

362 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Mansfield residents hold

408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−29%

Jobs based in Mansfield, 2013 → 2023: 511 → 362. 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.