Work & commute · Norfork

Work & commute in Norfork, AR

Most working residents leave Norfork for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mountain Home (38%), Flippin (3%) and Bentonville (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 140 Norfork residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norfork.

140live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norfork goes to work

Mountain Home10.5 mi away

38%54

Flippin18.2 mi away

3%5

Bentonville109.3 mi away

3%5

Little Rock102.6 mi away

3%5

Norfork (in town)right here

3%4

Salesville2 mi away

3%4

Marshall29.3 mi away

2%3

Fayetteville105.8 mi away

2%3

Midway16.7 mi away

2%3

Calico Rock10.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%56

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

How far

How far Norfork commutes

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

25%

45%

26%

25%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norfork is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norfork are

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

Jobs based in Norfork

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Norfork residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−36%

Jobs based in Norfork, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 96. 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.