Work & commute · Wooster

Work & commute in Wooster, AR

Most working residents leave Wooster for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Conway (32%), Little Rock (20%) and Greenbrier (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 414 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 412 Wooster residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wooster.

412live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wooster goes to work

Conway8.7 mi away

32%134

Little Rock33.2 mi away

20%81

Greenbrier4.3 mi away

8%34

North Little Rock31.4 mi away

5%19

Russellville39.1 mi away

2%10

Cabot28.5 mi away

1%6

Maumelle24.2 mi away

1%5

Morrilton16.6 mi away

1%4

Bryant40.3 mi away

1%4

Hot Springs59.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%113

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

How far

How far Wooster commutes

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

46%

36%

11%

46%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wooster is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wooster are

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

Jobs based in Wooster

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Wooster residents hold

414 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+56%

Jobs based in Wooster, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 86. 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.