Work & commute · Pencil Bluff

Work & commute in Pencil Bluff, AR

Most working residents leave Pencil Bluff for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Ida (20%), Little Rock (15%) and Arkadelphia (10%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 20 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 20 Pencil Bluff residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pencil Bluff.

20live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pencil Bluff goes to work

Mount Ida8.3 mi away

20%4

Little Rock78.6 mi away

15%3

Arkadelphia51.5 mi away

10%2

Malvern55.1 mi away

5%1

Hot Springs40.3 mi away

5%1

Conway78.2 mi away

5%1

Fayetteville102.4 mi away

5%1

Watford City, ND1034.2 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%6

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

How far

How far Pencil Bluff commutes

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

40%

50%

40%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pencil Bluff is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pencil Bluff are

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

Jobs based in Pencil Bluff

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Pencil Bluff residents hold

20 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month25%

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.