Work & commute · Searcy

Work & commute in Searcy, AR

47% of Searcy’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (10%), North Little Rock (3%) and Conway (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47%

4,105 of 8,652 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 4,547 Searcy residents head out of town to work, 4,105 work right here, and 12,993 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Searcy.

4,547live here, work elsewhere

4,105live and work here

12,993work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Searcy goes to work

Searcy (in town)right here

47%4,105

Little Rock50.1 mi away

10%835

North Little Rock42.5 mi away

3%266

Conway42.9 mi away

2%202

Jonesboro71.6 mi away

2%199

Batesville37 mi away

2%138

Beebe15 mi away

1%128

Cabot24.7 mi away

1%124

Jacksonville33.6 mi away

1%82

Sherwood37.8 mi away

1%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%2,495

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

How far

How far Searcy commutes

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

52%

20%

21%

52%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Searcy is a job hub

1.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Searcy are

17,098 jobs are based in Searcy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Searcy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Searcy

17,098 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Searcy residents hold

8,652 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+6%

Jobs based in Searcy, 2013 → 2023: 16,083 → 17,098. 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.