Work & commute · Osceola

Work & commute in Osceola, AR

About one in 3 of Osceola’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Blytheville (10%), Jonesboro (5%) and Memphis (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

813 of 2,581 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,768 Osceola residents head out of town to work, 813 work right here, and 1,447 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osceola.

1,768live here, work elsewhere

813live and work here

1,447work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osceola goes to work

Osceola (in town)right here

31%813

Blytheville17.5 mi away

10%263

Jonesboro39.8 mi away

5%134

Memphis, TN40.2 mi away

3%72

Paragould38.5 mi away

2%58

Little Rock149.5 mi away

2%57

West Memphis39.2 mi away

2%50

Wilson9.1 mi away

2%46

Gosnell19 mi away

1%29

North Little Rock141.5 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,039

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

How far

How far Osceola commutes

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

49%

17%

16%

18%

49%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osceola is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Osceola are

2,260 jobs are based in Osceola. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Osceola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Osceola

2,260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Osceola residents hold

2,581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−17%

Jobs based in Osceola, 2013 → 2023: 2,736 → 2,260. 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.