Work & commute · Marvell

Work & commute in Marvell, AR

Most working residents leave Marvell for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Helena-West Helena (15%), Memphis (6%) and Little Rock (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 240 working residents

Typical commute

29 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 223 Marvell residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marvell.

223live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marvell goes to work

Helena-West Helena16.9 mi away

15%35

Marvell (in town)right here

7%17

Memphis, TN65.9 mi away

6%14

Little Rock82.9 mi away

4%9

Jonesboro88.3 mi away

3%7

Stuttgart36.3 mi away

3%6

Paragould105.8 mi away

3%6

DeWitt30.4 mi away

2%5

Marianna17.2 mi away

2%5

Searcy66.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%131

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

How far

How far Marvell commutes

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

18%

31%

11%

39%

18%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marvell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marvell are

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

Jobs based in Marvell

328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Marvell residents hold

240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−28%

Jobs based in Marvell, 2013 → 2023: 454 → 328. 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.