Work & commute · Rockwell

Work & commute in Rockwell, AR

Most working residents leave Rockwell for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Hot Springs (41%), Little Rock (11%) and Piney (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 1,834 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,755 Rockwell residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 991 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockwell.

1,755live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

991work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockwell goes to work

Hot Springs5.1 mi away

41%758

Little Rock47.6 mi away

11%193

Piney2.7 mi away

4%82

Rockwell (in town)right here

4%79

North Little Rock55.6 mi away

2%32

Benton32.9 mi away

2%28

Arkadelphia23.6 mi away

1%25

Malvern18.9 mi away

1%21

Fort Smith93 mi away

1%20

Fayetteville125.4 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%578

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

How far

How far Rockwell commutes

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

61%

11%

22%

61%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockwell is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockwell are

1,070 jobs are based in Rockwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockwell

1,070 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Rockwell residents hold

1,834 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+77%

Jobs based in Rockwell, 2013 → 2023: 603 → 1,070. 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.