Work & commute · Strong

Work & commute in Strong, AR

Most working residents leave Strong for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are El Dorado (26%), Huttig (9%) and Crossett (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 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 151 Strong residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Strong.

151live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Strong goes to work

El Dorado19.4 mi away

26%43

Huttig11.2 mi away

9%15

Strong (in town)right here

7%12

Crossett23 mi away

3%5

Little Rock111.8 mi away

3%5

Warren38.6 mi away

2%4

Paragould228.9 mi away

2%3

Conway136 mi away

2%3

Baton Rouge, LA197.7 mi away

2%3

Blytheville240 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%68

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

How far

How far Strong commutes

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

11%

55%

28%

11%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Strong is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Strong are

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

Jobs based in Strong

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Strong residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−11%

Jobs based in Strong, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 170. 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.