Work & commute · Poyen

Work & commute in Poyen, AR

Most working residents leave Poyen for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (28%), Malvern (6%) and Sheridan (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 79 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 77 Poyen residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poyen.

77live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poyen goes to work

Little Rock32.1 mi away

28%22

Malvern10.8 mi away

6%5

Sheridan11.4 mi away

6%5

Leola11 mi away

4%3

Prattsville5.7 mi away

4%3

Poyen (in town)right here

3%2

Bauxite18 mi away

3%2

Bryant22 mi away

3%2

North Little Rock39.2 mi away

3%2

Salem21.7 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%31

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

How far

How far Poyen commutes

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

17%

33%

36%

14%

17%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poyen is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Poyen are

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

Jobs based in Poyen

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Poyen residents hold

79 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−15%

Jobs based in Poyen, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 80. 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.