Work & commute · Paragould

Work & commute in Paragould, AR

45% of Paragould’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Jonesboro (20%), Little Rock (2%) and Batesville (1%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

5,422 of 12,035 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 6,613 Paragould residents head out of town to work, 5,422 work right here, and 11,603 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paragould.

6,613live here, work elsewhere

5,422live and work here

11,603work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paragould goes to work

Paragould (in town)right here

45%5,422

Jonesboro18.6 mi away

20%2,366

Little Rock138.7 mi away

2%273

Batesville65.2 mi away

1%120

Blytheville34.8 mi away

1%115

Brookland11.1 mi away

1%94

Pocahontas29.6 mi away

1%85

Marmaduke11.8 mi away

1%83

North Little Rock130.9 mi away

1%79

Walnut Ridge24.5 mi away

1%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%3,321

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

How far

How far Paragould commutes

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

51%

25%

17%

51%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paragould is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paragould are

17,025 jobs are based in Paragould. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paragould’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paragould

17,025 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Paragould residents hold

12,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+30%

Jobs based in Paragould, 2013 → 2023: 13,107 → 17,025. 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.