Work & commute · Urbana

Work & commute in Urbana, AR

Most working residents leave Urbana for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are El Dorado (42%), Magnolia (4%) and Strong (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 90 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 85 Urbana residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Urbana.

85live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Urbana goes to work

El Dorado13.3 mi away

42%38

Urbana (in town)right here

6%5

Magnolia45.9 mi away

4%4

Strong6.3 mi away

3%3

Crossett28.3 mi away

3%3

Jonesboro209.6 mi away

3%3

Conway132.4 mi away

3%3

Huttig17.4 mi away

2%2

Camden36.7 mi away

2%2

Huntsville, AL347.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%26

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

How far

How far Urbana commutes

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

15%

56%

16%

13%

15%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Urbana is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Urbana are

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

Jobs based in Urbana

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)99%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Urbana residents hold

90 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+14400%

Jobs based in Urbana, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 145. 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.