Work & commute · Natural Steps

Work & commute in Natural Steps, AR

Most working residents leave Natural Steps for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (54%), North Little Rock (10%) and Conway (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 158 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 Natural Steps residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Natural Steps.

157live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Natural Steps goes to work

Little Rock13 mi away

54%85

North Little Rock16.2 mi away

10%16

Conway14 mi away

4%7

Roland2.2 mi away

4%6

Maumelle5.7 mi away

3%4

Bryant17.8 mi away

3%4

Rogers136.3 mi away

1%2

Sweet Home20.2 mi away

1%2

Perryville19.7 mi away

1%1

Greenbrier25.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%30

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

How far

How far Natural Steps commutes

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

25%

64%

25%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Natural Steps is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Natural Steps are

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

Jobs based in Natural Steps

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Natural Steps residents hold

158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+259%

Jobs based in Natural Steps, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 61. 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.