Work & commute · Murfreesboro

Work & commute in Murfreesboro, AR

About one in 4 of Murfreesboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Nashville (12%), Arkadelphia (3%) and Little Rock (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

124 of 516 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 392 Murfreesboro residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murfreesboro.

392live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murfreesboro goes to work

Murfreesboro (in town)right here

24%124

Nashville12.7 mi away

12%60

Arkadelphia35.9 mi away

3%18

Little Rock88.6 mi away

3%13

De Queen37.1 mi away

2%12

Prescott25.3 mi away

2%11

Glenwood20.2 mi away

2%10

Dierks18.8 mi away

2%8

Texarkana46.9 mi away

2%8

Hot Springs46.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%244

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

How far

How far Murfreesboro commutes

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

28%

21%

23%

28%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murfreesboro is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Murfreesboro are

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

Jobs based in Murfreesboro

598 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Murfreesboro residents hold

516 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+3%

Jobs based in Murfreesboro, 2013 → 2023: 583 → 598. 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.