Work & commute · Wheatley

Work & commute in Wheatley, AR

Most working residents leave Wheatley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Forrest City (25%), Memphis (10%) and Palestine (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 122 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 119 Wheatley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatley.

119live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheatley goes to work

Forrest City18.8 mi away

25%31

Memphis, TN65.7 mi away

10%12

Palestine11.7 mi away

6%7

Little Rock72.3 mi away

4%5

Wynne28.2 mi away

3%4

Wheatley (in town)right here

2%3

DeWitt45.7 mi away

2%3

Marion54.5 mi away

2%3

West Memphis53.7 mi away

2%3

Jonesboro66.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%48

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

How far

How far Wheatley commutes

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

40%

13%

42%

5%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatley is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatley are

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

Jobs based in Wheatley

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities84%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Wheatley residents hold

122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+78%

Jobs based in Wheatley, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 189. 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.