Work & commute · Jonesboro

Work & commute in Jonesboro, LA

About one in 4 of Jonesboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ruston (10%), Monroe (6%) and East Hodge (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

320 of 1,421 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,101 Jonesboro residents head out of town to work, 320 work right here, and 1,310 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jonesboro.

1,101live here, work elsewhere

320live and work here

1,310work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jonesboro goes to work

Jonesboro (in town)right here

23%320

Ruston21.2 mi away

10%144

Monroe41.9 mi away

6%85

East Hodge3 mi away

4%60

Winnfield21.8 mi away

3%44

Arcadia25.1 mi away

3%41

West Monroe37.9 mi away

2%35

Shreveport65.2 mi away

2%29

Baton Rouge154.9 mi away

1%15

Grambling20.2 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%636

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

How far

How far Jonesboro commutes

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

38%

21%

18%

23%

38%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jonesboro is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jonesboro are

1,630 jobs are based in Jonesboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jonesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jonesboro

1,630 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Jonesboro residents hold

1,421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+22%

Jobs based in Jonesboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,332 → 1,630. 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.