Work & commute · Newport

Work & commute in Newport, AR

About one in 3 of Newport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jonesboro (7%), Diaz (7%) and Batesville (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

769 of 2,328 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,559 Newport residents head out of town to work, 769 work right here, and 2,072 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newport.

1,559live here, work elsewhere

769live and work here

2,072work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newport goes to work

Newport (in town)right here

33%769

Jonesboro33.8 mi away

7%163

Diaz2.3 mi away

7%157

Batesville24.1 mi away

5%123

Searcy38.8 mi away

5%105

Little Rock88.9 mi away

4%96

North Little Rock81.2 mi away

2%40

Tuckerman7.2 mi away

1%33

Conway79.3 mi away

1%28

Hot Springs129.3 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%788

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

How far

How far Newport commutes

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

44%

19%

28%

44%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newport are

2,841 jobs are based in Newport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newport

2,841 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Newport residents hold

2,328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−12%

Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 3,239 → 2,841. 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.