Work & commute · Texarkana

Work & commute in Texarkana, AR

About one in 4 of Texarkana’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Texarkana (31%), Little Rock (3%) and Nash (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

2,979 of 10,943 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 7,964 Texarkana residents head out of town to work, 2,979 work right here, and 7,632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Texarkana.

7,964live here, work elsewhere

2,979live and work here

7,632work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Texarkana goes to work

Texarkana, TX5.7 mi away

31%3,408

Texarkana (in town)right here

27%2,979

Little Rock128.9 mi away

3%321

Nash, TX8.5 mi away

2%227

Hot Springs90.4 mi away

1%119

Nashville35.8 mi away

1%114

Ashdown18.3 mi away

1%114

De Queen46.6 mi away

1%105

Hope28 mi away

1%105

North Little Rock136.7 mi away

1%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%3,374

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

How far

How far Texarkana commutes

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

65%

22%

65%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Texarkana is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Texarkana are

10,611 jobs are based in Texarkana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Texarkana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Texarkana

10,611 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Texarkana residents hold

10,943 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+7%

Jobs based in Texarkana, 2013 → 2023: 9,878 → 10,611. 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.