Work & commute · Oden

Work & commute in Oden, AR

Most working residents leave Oden for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Ida (10%), Hot Springs (6%) and Glenwood (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 46 Oden residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oden.

46live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oden goes to work

Mount Ida10.1 mi away

10%5

Hot Springs42.7 mi away

6%3

Oden (in town)right here

4%2

Glenwood25.1 mi away

4%2

Little Rock81.3 mi away

4%2

Gillham43.6 mi away

2%1

Norman12.9 mi away

2%1

Nashville47.2 mi away

2%1

Mena25.9 mi away

2%1

Ozark60.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%29

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

How far

How far Oden commutes

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

15%

33%

21%

31%

15%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oden is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oden are

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

Jobs based in Oden

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Oden residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−10%

Jobs based in Oden, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 9. 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.