Work & commute · Sulphur Rock

Work & commute in Sulphur Rock, AR

Most working residents leave Sulphur Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Batesville (36%), Newark (6%) and Newport (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 221 Sulphur Rock residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sulphur Rock.

221live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sulphur Rock goes to work

Batesville7 mi away

36%81

Newark4.4 mi away

6%13

Newport17.5 mi away

4%10

Southside7.6 mi away

3%6

Searcy37.7 mi away

3%6

North Little Rock78.8 mi away

3%6

Melbourne30.3 mi away

2%4

Little Rock85.9 mi away

2%4

Bald Knob30.6 mi away

1%3

Paragould59.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%87

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

How far

How far Sulphur Rock commutes

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

61%

13%

18%

61%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sulphur Rock is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sulphur Rock are

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

Jobs based in Sulphur Rock

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Sulphur Rock residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+21%

Jobs based in Sulphur Rock, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 81. 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.