Work & commute · Tumbling Shoals

Work & commute in Tumbling Shoals, AR

Most working residents leave Tumbling Shoals for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Heber Springs (15%), Greers Ferry (7%) and Searcy (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 275 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 272 Tumbling Shoals residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tumbling Shoals.

272live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tumbling Shoals goes to work

Heber Springs4.8 mi away

15%42

Greers Ferry11.3 mi away

7%20

Searcy24.9 mi away

6%17

Batesville24.7 mi away

4%11

Conway43.1 mi away

3%9

Little Rock60.9 mi away

3%9

North Little Rock55 mi away

3%7

Paragould88.8 mi away

2%5

Rogers133.3 mi away

1%4

Pangburn11 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%148

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

How far

How far Tumbling Shoals commutes

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

36%

19%

14%

30%

36%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tumbling Shoals is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tumbling Shoals are

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

Jobs based in Tumbling Shoals

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Tumbling Shoals residents hold

275 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−6%

Jobs based in Tumbling Shoals, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 48. 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.