Work & commute · Sherwood

Work & commute in Sherwood, AR

Most working residents leave Sherwood for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (45%), North Little Rock (18%) and Jacksonville (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,143 of 14,061 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,918 Sherwood residents head out of town to work, 1,143 work right here, and 7,875 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sherwood.

12,918live here, work elsewhere

1,143live and work here

7,875work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sherwood goes to work

Little Rock12.4 mi away

45%6,273

North Little Rock5.2 mi away

18%2,598

Sherwood (in town)right here

8%1,143

Jacksonville4.5 mi away

4%555

Conway21.4 mi away

3%368

Sweet Home13 mi away

2%232

Cabot13.1 mi away

1%195

Maumelle11.1 mi away

1%189

Bryant22.9 mi away

1%107

Fort Smith127.2 mi away

1%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%2,301

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

How far

How far Sherwood commutes

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

56%

31%

10%

56%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sherwood is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sherwood are

9,018 jobs are based in Sherwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sherwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sherwood

9,018 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Sherwood residents hold

14,061 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+7%

Jobs based in Sherwood, 2013 → 2023: 8,400 → 9,018. 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.