Work & commute · Waldron

Work & commute in Waldron, AR

About one in 3 of Waldron’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (11%), Russellville (2%) and Clarksville (2%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

473 of 1,199 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 726 Waldron residents head out of town to work, 473 work right here, and 1,981 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waldron.

726live here, work elsewhere

473live and work here

1,981work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waldron goes to work

Waldron (in town)right here

39%473

Fort Smith34.5 mi away

11%135

Russellville60 mi away

2%29

Clarksville51.5 mi away

2%28

Dardanelle57.1 mi away

2%25

Mena23.6 mi away

2%25

Van Buren40.6 mi away

2%24

Nashville67.9 mi away

2%22

Little Rock99.3 mi away

2%21

Mansfield13.6 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%397

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

How far

How far Waldron commutes

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

41%

20%

31%

41%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waldron is a job hub

2.05jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waldron are

2,454 jobs are based in Waldron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waldron’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waldron

2,454 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Waldron residents hold

1,199 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month36%

+16%

Jobs based in Waldron, 2013 → 2023: 2,124 → 2,454. 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.