Work & commute · Oppelo

Work & commute in Oppelo, AR

Most working residents leave Oppelo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Morrilton (22%), Conway (11%) and Little Rock (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 255 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 252 Oppelo residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oppelo.

252live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oppelo goes to work

Morrilton4.3 mi away

22%55

Conway17.2 mi away

11%28

Little Rock34.8 mi away

11%27

Russellville24.1 mi away

5%14

Perryville6.2 mi away

3%8

Hot Springs45 mi away

3%8

Maumelle27 mi away

2%5

Bentonville119.2 mi away

2%5

Springdale108.4 mi away

2%4

North Little Rock37.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%97

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

How far

How far Oppelo commutes

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

36%

22%

26%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oppelo is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oppelo are

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

Jobs based in Oppelo

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month57%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Oppelo residents hold

255 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+28%

Jobs based in Oppelo, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 23. 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.