Work & commute · Reader

Work & commute in Reader, AR

Most working residents leave Reader for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Camden (18%), Hope (12%) and Emmet (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 17 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 17 Reader residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reader.

17live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reader goes to work

Camden19.3 mi away

18%3

Hope28.9 mi away

12%2

Emmet21.3 mi away

6%1

Prescott17.2 mi away

6%1

Bentonville190.5 mi away

6%1

Little Rock79.2 mi away

6%1

North Little Rock86.3 mi away

6%1

Texarkana, TX60.6 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%6

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

How far

How far Reader commutes

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

35%

29%

0%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reader is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reader are

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

Jobs based in Reader

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Reader residents hold

17 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

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.