Work & commute · Colcord

Work & commute in Colcord, OK

Most working residents leave Colcord for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Siloam Springs (25%), Gentry (12%) and West Siloam Springs (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 251 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 234 Colcord residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colcord.

234live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colcord goes to work

Siloam Springs, AR10.6 mi away

25%64

Gentry, AR11.3 mi away

12%31

Colcord (in town)right here

7%17

West Siloam Springs8 mi away

4%10

Tulsa68.1 mi away

4%10

Bentonville, AR26.3 mi away

4%9

Oklahoma City167.3 mi away

4%9

Jay12.6 mi away

2%6

Catoosa60.4 mi away

2%6

Pryor Creek34.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%84

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

How far

How far Colcord commutes

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

17%

46%

14%

23%

17%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colcord is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colcord are

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

Jobs based in Colcord

156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Colcord residents hold

251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−4%

Jobs based in Colcord, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 156. 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.