Work & commute · Palestine

Work & commute in Palestine, AR

Most working residents leave Palestine for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Forrest City (28%), Memphis (7%) and Jonesboro (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 177 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 164 Palestine residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palestine.

164live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palestine goes to work

Forrest City7.2 mi away

28%49

Palestine (in town)right here

7%13

Memphis, TN54 mi away

7%12

Jonesboro60.1 mi away

4%7

Wheatley11.7 mi away

2%4

Marianna15.8 mi away

2%4

Wynne19.5 mi away

2%4

Little Rock84 mi away

2%4

Augusta33.6 mi away

2%3

Brinkley16.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%74

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

How far

How far Palestine commutes

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

38%

16%

13%

34%

38%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palestine is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Palestine are

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

Jobs based in Palestine

184 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Palestine residents hold

177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+74%

Jobs based in Palestine, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 184. 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.