Work & commute · Mulberry

Work & commute in Mulberry, AR

Most working residents leave Mulberry for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (32%), Van Buren (11%) and Alma (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 507 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 480 Mulberry residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 459 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mulberry.

480live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

459work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mulberry goes to work

Fort Smith20 mi away

32%163

Van Buren16.2 mi away

11%57

Alma7.8 mi away

10%51

Mulberry (in town)right here

5%27

Little Rock111.1 mi away

3%15

Fayetteville39.2 mi away

3%15

Ozark12.7 mi away

3%14

Springdale47.4 mi away

2%11

Rogers56.1 mi away

1%7

North Little Rock115.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%140

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

How far

How far Mulberry commutes

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

19%

57%

16%

19%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mulberry is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mulberry are

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

Jobs based in Mulberry

486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Mulberry residents hold

507 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+42%

Jobs based in Mulberry, 2013 → 2023: 342 → 486. 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.