Work & commute · Oak Grove Heights

Work & commute in Oak Grove Heights, AR

Most working residents leave Oak Grove Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Paragould (47%), Jonesboro (15%) and Batesville (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 445 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 443 Oak Grove Heights residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Grove Heights.

443live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Grove Heights goes to work

Paragould5.4 mi away

47%207

Jonesboro23.6 mi away

15%66

Batesville67.4 mi away

2%7

Bentonville208.3 mi away

2%7

Corning20.1 mi away

1%5

Searcy92.4 mi away

1%5

Blytheville36.1 mi away

1%5

Conway132.2 mi away

1%5

Little Rock142.5 mi away

1%5

Kennett, MO26.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%128

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

How far

How far Oak Grove Heights commutes

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

55%

19%

16%

55%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Grove Heights is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Grove Heights are

27 jobs are based in Oak Grove Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oak Grove Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oak Grove Heights

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Oak Grove Heights residents hold

445 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−4%

Jobs based in Oak Grove Heights, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 27. 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.