Work & commute · Ratcliff

Work & commute in Ratcliff, AR

Most working residents leave Ratcliff for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Paris (17%), Clarksville (8%) and Ozark (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 60 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 59 Ratcliff residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ratcliff.

59live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ratcliff goes to work

Paris8.8 mi away

17%10

Clarksville25.1 mi away

8%5

Ozark13.7 mi away

7%4

Fort Smith27.3 mi away

7%4

Scranton20 mi away

5%3

Booneville11.7 mi away

3%2

Van Buren28 mi away

3%2

Russellville42.4 mi away

3%2

Sallisaw, OK52.9 mi away

3%2

Caulksville1.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%25

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

How far

How far Ratcliff commutes

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

25%

28%

22%

25%

25%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ratcliff is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ratcliff are

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

Jobs based in Ratcliff

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ratcliff residents hold

60 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+31%

Jobs based in Ratcliff, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 59. 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.