Work & commute · Smackover

Work & commute in Smackover, AR

Most working residents leave Smackover for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are El Dorado (28%), Camden (4%) and Little Rock (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

124 of 678 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 554 Smackover residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smackover.

554live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smackover goes to work

El Dorado10.7 mi away

28%193

Smackover (in town)right here

18%124

Camden15.7 mi away

4%27

Little Rock96.5 mi away

2%11

Hope53.7 mi away

1%8

Magnolia29.2 mi away

1%8

Hot Springs79.9 mi away

1%7

Hampton19.3 mi away

1%5

Texarkana72.6 mi away

1%5

Russellville134.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%285

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

How far

How far Smackover commutes

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

31%

47%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smackover is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Smackover are

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

Jobs based in Smackover

569 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Smackover residents hold

678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+1%

Jobs based in Smackover, 2013 → 2023: 562 → 569. 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.