Work & commute · Parkin

Work & commute in Parkin, AR

Most working residents leave Parkin for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (18%), Wynne (13%) and West Memphis (9%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 254 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 236 Parkin residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkin.

236live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkin goes to work

Memphis, TN34.7 mi away

18%45

Wynne13.4 mi away

13%34

West Memphis21.4 mi away

9%24

Parkin (in town)right here

7%18

Jonesboro39.2 mi away

7%18

Marion20 mi away

7%17

Searcy66.7 mi away

2%5

Collierville, TN50.6 mi away

2%5

Forrest City21.8 mi away

2%4

Little Rock108.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%80

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

How far

How far Parkin commutes

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

34%

33%

24%

9%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkin is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parkin are

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

Jobs based in Parkin

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Parkin residents hold

254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−26%

Jobs based in Parkin, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 94. 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.