Work & commute · Pine Bluff

Work & commute in Pine Bluff, AR

48% of Pine Bluff’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (13%), North Little Rock (3%) and White Hall (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

7,096 of 14,714 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 7,618 Pine Bluff residents head out of town to work, 7,096 work right here, and 10,477 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Bluff.

7,618live here, work elsewhere

7,096live and work here

10,477work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine Bluff goes to work

Pine Bluff (in town)right here

48%7,096

Little Rock40.5 mi away

13%1,883

North Little Rock41.3 mi away

3%483

White Hall6.5 mi away

3%447

Stuttgart33.2 mi away

3%438

Sheridan25.5 mi away

1%166

Hot Springs62 mi away

1%123

Conway64.9 mi away

1%105

Jacksonville46.5 mi away

1%103

Sherwood45.5 mi away

1%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%3,771

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

How far

How far Pine Bluff commutes

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

56%

26%

15%

56%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Bluff is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Bluff are

17,573 jobs are based in Pine Bluff. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pine Bluff’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pine Bluff

17,573 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Pine Bluff residents hold

14,714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−16%

Jobs based in Pine Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 20,994 → 17,573. 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.