Work & commute · Portland

Work & commute in Portland, AR

Most working residents leave Portland for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Hamburg (13%), Monticello (6%) and Little Rock (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

28 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 101 Portland residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Portland.

101live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Portland goes to work

Hamburg16.6 mi away

13%14

Portland (in town)right here

8%9

Monticello31.3 mi away

6%7

Little Rock113.7 mi away

5%6

Crossett27 mi away

5%5

Lake Village14.5 mi away

4%4

Pine Bluff73.3 mi away

4%4

Eudora16.5 mi away

3%3

Clarksdale, MS85.4 mi away

3%3

McGehee27.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%53

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

How far

How far Portland commutes

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

12%

29%

20%

39%

12%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Portland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Portland are

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

Jobs based in Portland

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Portland residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+13%

Jobs based in Portland, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 114. 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.