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Jobs & commute in Alix

Jobs, income and commuting in Alix, AR

No jobs are based in Alix in the Census job records; 35 of its residents work elsewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. Hardly any work in Alix itself; outside it, Ozark draws the most (31%, 9 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Alix

On a workday 35 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

35live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night20
Workday0
20live here− 35head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Alix on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Alix: the destinations

Bigelow: 1 residents work here (3%)Altus: 1 residents work here (3%)Dardanelle: 2 residents work here (6%)Ozark: 11 residents work here (31%)Greenwood: 1 residents work here (3%)Clarksville: 3 residents work here (9%)Van Buren: 1 residents work here (3%)Paragould: 1 residents work here (3%)Springdale: 1 residents work here (3%)Fort Smith: 5 residents work here (14%)AlixOzarkFort SmithClarksvilleDardanelleBigelowAltusAlix
1
Ozark8.7 mi away
31%11
2
Fort Smith36.5 mi away
14%5
3
Clarksville14.1 mi away
9%3
4
Dardanelle34.5 mi away
6%2
5
Bigelow68.5 mi away
3%1
6
Altus2.8 mi away
3%1
7
Greenwood32.3 mi away
3%1
8
Van Buren35.3 mi away
3%1
9
Paragould185.7 mi away
3%1
10
Springdale58.3 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%8
The top trips

Where Alix clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Time on the road

Working from home in Alix

Working from home
0%

of Alix workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Alix gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 20 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

The distance from Alix to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miOzark: 31% · 8.7 miFort Smith: 14% · 36.5 miClarksville: 9% · 14.1 miDardanelle: 6% · 34.5 miBigelow: 3% · 68.5 miAltus: 3% · 2.8 miGreenwood: 3% · 32.3 miVan Buren: 3% · 35.3 miParagould: 3% · 185.7 miSpringdale: 3% · 58.3 miOzark 31%Clarksville 9%Dardanelle 6%Bigelow 3%Alix
AlixTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi12 residents
17%10–24 mi6 residents
40%25–50 mi14 residents
9%Over 50 mi3 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Alix: questions

What is the poverty rate in Alix?

0.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Alix work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ozark (31%, 9 mi), Fort Smith (14%, 36 mi), Clarksville (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Alix without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Alix, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Alix

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.