Work & commute · Plainview

Work & commute in Plainview, AR

Most working residents leave Plainview for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (11%), Russellville (11%) and Ola (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 158 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 145 Plainview residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plainview.

145live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plainview goes to work

Danville6.8 mi away

11%18

Russellville21.8 mi away

11%17

Plainview (in town)right here

8%13

Ola5.1 mi away

6%9

Little Rock56.3 mi away

5%8

Corinth8.8 mi away

4%7

Bentonville107.7 mi away

3%5

Hot Springs37.3 mi away

2%3

Rogers103.5 mi away

2%3

Paragould173.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%72

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

How far

How far Plainview commutes

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

40%

16%

11%

34%

40%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plainview is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plainview are

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

Jobs based in Plainview

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Plainview residents hold

158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+335%

Jobs based in Plainview, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 200. 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.