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Work & commute · Melbourne

Work & commute in Melbourne, AR

About one in 4 of Melbourne’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Batesville (13%), Little Rock (5%) and Oxford (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
25%
134 of 546 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 412 Melbourne residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 983 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melbourne.

412live here, work elsewhere
134live and work here
983work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Melbourne goes to work

Cave CitySalemMount PleasantCalico RockOxfordMountain ViewMelbourneSouthsideBatesvilleHorseshoe BendMountain HomeCherokee VillageConwayLittle RockBatesvilleLittle RockOxfordCalico RockMountain HomeSalemMountain ViewSouthsideConwayMelbourne
1
Melbourne (in town)right here
25%134
2
Batesville25 mi away
13%69
3
Little Rock96.3 mi away
5%29
4
Oxford10.2 mi away
4%24
5
Calico Rock14.3 mi away
3%17
6
Mountain Home33.7 mi away
3%17
7
Salem21.4 mi away
2%11
8
Mountain View19 mi away
2%11
9
Southside27.6 mi away
2%11
10
Conway75.9 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%213

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

How far

How far Melbourne commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Melbourne is a job hub

2.05jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Melbourne are

1,117 jobs are based in Melbourne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Melbourne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Melbourne

1,117 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Melbourne residents hold

546 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month37%
−25%

Jobs based in Melbourne, 2013 → 2023: 1,480 → 1,117. 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.

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