Work & commute · West Fork

Work & commute in West Fork, AR

Most working residents leave West Fork for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (44%), Springdale (13%) and Bentonville (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 1,053 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 1,023 West Fork residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Fork.

1,023live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Fork goes to work

Fayetteville9.5 mi away

44%459

Springdale17.8 mi away

13%133

Bentonville28.9 mi away

6%61

Rogers26.5 mi away

4%46

West Fork (in town)right here

3%30

Lowell22.2 mi away

3%30

Little Rock132.4 mi away

3%29

Fort Smith41.8 mi away

2%21

Tontitown16.4 mi away

1%15

Siloam Springs26.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%218

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

How far

How far West Fork commutes

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

30%

42%

16%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Fork is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Fork are

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

Jobs based in West Fork

348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs West Fork residents hold

1,053 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−16%

Jobs based in West Fork, 2013 → 2023: 414 → 348. 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.