Work & commute · Marmaduke

Work & commute in Marmaduke, AR

Most working residents leave Marmaduke for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Paragould (33%), Jonesboro (12%) and Pocahontas (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 413 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 380 Marmaduke residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marmaduke.

380live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marmaduke goes to work

Paragould11.8 mi away

33%135

Jonesboro30.4 mi away

12%49

Marmaduke (in town)right here

8%33

Pocahontas33.1 mi away

3%11

Rector7.2 mi away

2%7

Memphis, TN78.3 mi away

1%6

Walnut Ridge32.2 mi away

1%5

Blytheville32.1 mi away

1%5

Little Rock150.2 mi away

1%5

Harrisburg47.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%154

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

How far

How far Marmaduke commutes

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

28%

31%

22%

19%

28%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marmaduke is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marmaduke are

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

Jobs based in Marmaduke

335 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Marmaduke residents hold

413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+20%

Jobs based in Marmaduke, 2013 → 2023: 279 → 335. 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.