Work & commute · Ward

Work & commute in Ward, AR

Most working residents leave Ward for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (24%), Cabot (15%) and North Little Rock (11%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 2,530 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,485 Ward residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 231 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ward.

2,485live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

231work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ward goes to work

Little Rock30.2 mi away

24%609

Cabot4.8 mi away

15%380

North Little Rock22.4 mi away

11%274

Jacksonville13.6 mi away

6%144

Searcy20.1 mi away

5%114

Conway29.1 mi away

4%96

Sherwood17.9 mi away

4%92

Beebe5.2 mi away

2%62

Ward (in town)right here

2%45

Lonoke15.7 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%680

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

How far

How far Ward commutes

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

22%

30%

34%

13%

22%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ward is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ward are

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

Jobs based in Ward

276 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Ward residents hold

2,530 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+14%

Jobs based in Ward, 2013 → 2023: 243 → 276. 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.