Work & commute · Little Rock

Work & commute in Little Rock, IL

Most working residents leave Little Rock for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Aurora (9%) and Plano (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

762 of 7,688 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 6,926 Little Rock residents head out of town to work, 762 work right here, and 3,513 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Rock.

6,926live here, work elsewhere

762live and work here

3,513work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Rock goes to work

Chicago45.9 mi away

10%785

Aurora14.6 mi away

9%674

Plano0.9 mi away

7%546

Yorkville6.3 mi away

5%370

Naperville20.6 mi away

4%321

Sandwich4.1 mi away

2%182

Oswego10.8 mi away

2%169

Montgomery10.1 mi away

2%164

Little Rock (in town)right here

2%146

Joliet23.5 mi away

2%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%4,199

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.

21%

33%

39%

21%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Rock is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Rock are

4,275 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

4,275 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Little Rock residents hold

7,688 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+13%

Jobs based in Little Rock, 2013 → 2023: 3,774 → 4,275. 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.