Work & commute · Sparkman

Work & commute in Sparkman, AR

Most working residents leave Sparkman for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Fordyce (8%), Camden (8%) and Bearden (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 143 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 132 Sparkman residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sparkman.

132live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sparkman goes to work

Fordyce25.8 mi away

8%12

Sparkman (in town)right here

8%11

Camden24.1 mi away

8%11

Bearden18.6 mi away

5%7

Arkadelphia19.3 mi away

5%7

Little Rock62.5 mi away

3%5

Benton48.3 mi away

2%3

Prescott32 mi away

1%2

Warren49.6 mi away

1%2

Hope45.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%81

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

How far

How far Sparkman commutes

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

11%

43%

23%

22%

11%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sparkman is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sparkman are

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

Jobs based in Sparkman

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Sparkman residents hold

143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−36%

Jobs based in Sparkman, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 121. 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.