Work & commute · Whelen Springs

Work & commute in Whelen Springs, AR

Most working residents leave Whelen Springs for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gurdon (19%), Arkadelphia (19%) and Prairie Grove (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 16 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 16 Whelen Springs residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whelen Springs.

16live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whelen Springs goes to work

Gurdon5.9 mi away

19%3

Arkadelphia20.6 mi away

19%3

Prairie Grove163 mi away

6%1

Rogers181.2 mi away

6%1

Bentonville184.9 mi away

6%1

Jonesboro195.2 mi away

6%1

Conway93.6 mi away

6%1

Little Rock75.6 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%4

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

How far

How far Whelen Springs commutes

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

19%

44%

38%

19%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whelen Springs is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whelen Springs are

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

Jobs based in Whelen Springs

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Whelen Springs residents hold

16 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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.