Work & commute · Prairie Creek

Work & commute in Prairie Creek, AR

Most working residents leave Prairie Creek for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rogers (27%), Bentonville (18%) and Springdale (11%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 976 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 941 Prairie Creek residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prairie Creek.

941live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

423work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prairie Creek goes to work

Rogers5.3 mi away

27%262

Bentonville9.7 mi away

18%175

Springdale11 mi away

11%103

Fayetteville18.8 mi away

9%92

Lowell7.3 mi away

5%50

Prairie Creek (in town)right here

4%35

Little Rock146.4 mi away

3%32

Fort Smith70 mi away

2%21

North Little Rock148.2 mi away

1%8

Siloam Springs28.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%191

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

How far

How far Prairie Creek commutes

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

59%

23%

16%

59%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prairie Creek is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Prairie Creek are

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

Jobs based in Prairie Creek

458 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Prairie Creek residents hold

976 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+126%

Jobs based in Prairie Creek, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 458. 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.