Work & commute · Zinc

Work & commute in Zinc, AR

Most working residents leave Zinc for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Harrison (43%), Bergman (10%) and Green Forest (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 29 Zinc residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zinc.

29live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zinc goes to work

Harrison11.7 mi away

43%13

Bergman5.7 mi away

10%3

Zinc (in town)right here

3%1

Green Forest29 mi away

3%1

Yellville13.3 mi away

3%1

Gassville23.8 mi away

3%1

Van Buren99 mi away

3%1

Russellville70.7 mi away

3%1

Springdale69.4 mi away

3%1

Fort Smith104.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%6

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

How far

How far Zinc commutes

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

13%

60%

20%

13%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zinc is a job hub

2.37jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zinc are

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

Jobs based in Zinc

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Zinc residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+788%

Jobs based in Zinc, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 71. 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.