Work & commute · Little Rock

Work & commute in Little Rock, IA

Most working residents leave Little Rock for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are George (8%), Sheldon (8%) and Sioux Center (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 211 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 200 Little Rock residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Rock.

200live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Rock goes to work

George9.5 mi away

8%17

Sheldon18.6 mi away

8%16

Sioux Center29.5 mi away

6%12

Little Rock (in town)right here

5%11

Rock Rapids14.4 mi away

5%11

Sioux Falls, SD43.2 mi away

5%10

Sibley7.6 mi away

4%9

Hull21.9 mi away

2%5

Spirit Lake38.6 mi away

2%4

Boyden18.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%113

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

How far

How far Little Rock commutes

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

32%

25%

28%

16%

32%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Rock is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Rock are

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

Jobs based in Little Rock

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Little Rock residents hold

211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−18%

Jobs based in Little Rock, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 84. 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.