Work & commute · Walnut Ridge

Work & commute in Walnut Ridge, AR

About one in 4 of Walnut Ridge’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jonesboro (21%), Pocahontas (7%) and Hoxie (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

471 of 1,937 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,466 Walnut Ridge residents head out of town to work, 471 work right here, and 1,725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walnut Ridge.

1,466live here, work elsewhere

471live and work here

1,725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walnut Ridge goes to work

Walnut Ridge (in town)right here

24%471

Jonesboro23.7 mi away

21%405

Pocahontas12.4 mi away

7%134

Hoxie3.7 mi away

5%105

Paragould24.5 mi away

4%83

Little Rock123.1 mi away

3%55

Batesville43.7 mi away

1%26

Portia6.9 mi away

1%24

Memphis, TN87 mi away

1%17

Bentonville184 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%603

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

How far

How far Walnut Ridge commutes

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

33%

14%

19%

33%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walnut Ridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walnut Ridge are

2,196 jobs are based in Walnut Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walnut Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walnut Ridge

2,196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Walnut Ridge residents hold

1,937 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−10%

Jobs based in Walnut Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 2,449 → 2,196. 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.