Work & commute · Piggott

Work & commute in Piggott, AR

About one in 3 of Piggott’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Paragould (11%), Jonesboro (6%) and Kennett (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

510 of 1,376 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 866 Piggott residents head out of town to work, 510 work right here, and 750 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piggott.

866live here, work elsewhere

510live and work here

750work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piggott goes to work

Piggott (in town)right here

37%510

Paragould28.9 mi away

11%156

Jonesboro47.5 mi away

6%82

Kennett, MO13.2 mi away

4%53

Poplar Bluff, MO28.6 mi away

3%43

Little Rock167.1 mi away

3%36

Rector10 mi away

2%24

Pocahontas43.8 mi away

1%19

Corning21.5 mi away

1%18

Marmaduke17.1 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%418

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

How far

How far Piggott commutes

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

42%

13%

27%

18%

42%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piggott is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Piggott are

1,260 jobs are based in Piggott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Piggott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Piggott

1,260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Piggott residents hold

1,376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+2%

Jobs based in Piggott, 2013 → 2023: 1,234 → 1,260. 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.