Work & commute · Southside

Work & commute in Southside, AR

Most working residents leave Southside for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Batesville (45%), Little Rock (3%) and Searcy (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

223 of 1,731 working residents

Typical commute

5 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 1,508 Southside residents head out of town to work, 223 work right here, and 1,429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southside.

1,508live here, work elsewhere

223live and work here

1,429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southside goes to work

Batesville3.4 mi away

45%782

Southside (in town)right here

13%223

Little Rock80.1 mi away

3%50

Searcy33.6 mi away

3%48

Newport23.3 mi away

1%24

Conway64.9 mi away

1%21

Jonesboro53.8 mi away

1%18

North Little Rock73.3 mi away

1%17

Cave City16.4 mi away

1%14

Newark10.5 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%521

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

How far

How far Southside commutes

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

66%

20%

66%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southside is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Southside are

1,652 jobs are based in Southside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southside

1,652 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Southside residents hold

1,731 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+52%

Jobs based in Southside, 2013 → 2023: 1,084 → 1,652. 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.