Work & commute · Rockport

Work & commute in Rockport, AR

Most working residents leave Rockport for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Malvern (15%), Little Rock (15%) and Hot Springs (11%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 269 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 266 Rockport residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockport.

266live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockport goes to work

Malvern2.5 mi away

15%40

Little Rock33.5 mi away

15%40

Hot Springs15.2 mi away

11%30

Benton17.6 mi away

7%18

North Little Rock41.4 mi away

5%13

Bryant23 mi away

3%8

Arkadelphia24.6 mi away

2%5

Sheridan21.3 mi away

1%4

Springdale145 mi away

1%4

Rockport (in town)right here

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%104

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

How far

How far Rockport commutes

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

30%

29%

25%

16%

30%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockport is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockport are

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

Jobs based in Rockport

190 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Rockport residents hold

269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+61%

Jobs based in Rockport, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 190. 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.