Work & commute · Van Buren

Work & commute in Van Buren, AR

About one in 4 of Van Buren’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (42%), Little Rock (2%) and Fayetteville (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

2,088 of 9,247 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 7,159 Van Buren residents head out of town to work, 2,088 work right here, and 10,203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Van Buren.

7,159live here, work elsewhere

2,088live and work here

10,203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Van Buren goes to work

Fort Smith7.1 mi away

42%3,877

Van Buren (in town)right here

23%2,088

Little Rock123.5 mi away

2%228

Fayetteville44.1 mi away

2%191

Bentonville62.6 mi away

2%173

Alma8.5 mi away

2%166

Rogers61 mi away

2%161

Springdale52.3 mi away

2%160

Conway109.6 mi away

1%68

Ozark28.7 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%2,068

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

How far

How far Van Buren commutes

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

66%

19%

66%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Van Buren is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Van Buren are

12,291 jobs are based in Van Buren. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Van Buren’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Van Buren

12,291 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Van Buren residents hold

9,247 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−9%

Jobs based in Van Buren, 2013 → 2023: 13,568 → 12,291. 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.