Work & commute · Rector

Work & commute in Rector, AR

Most working residents leave Rector for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Paragould (19%), Jonesboro (11%) and Piggott (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

102 of 699 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 597 Rector residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rector.

597live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rector goes to work

Paragould19 mi away

19%132

Rector (in town)right here

15%102

Jonesboro37.5 mi away

11%74

Piggott10 mi away

8%58

Little Rock157.5 mi away

3%22

Marmaduke7.2 mi away

3%21

Kennett, MO13.8 mi away

3%18

Batesville81.8 mi away

2%11

Corning19.2 mi away

1%9

Pocahontas37.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%243

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

How far

How far Rector commutes

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

27%

34%

19%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rector is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rector are

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

Jobs based in Rector

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Rector residents hold

699 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+23%

Jobs based in Rector, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 317. 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.