Immanuel High School-AR0280 · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Almyra has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole. There are 16 jobs in Almyra; 69 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Almyra; the top destination outside it is Stuttgart (43%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Almyra quiets down on a workday
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Almyra on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Almyra goes to work
Where Almyra clocks in
43% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines 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.
75% of the jobs in Almyra pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Almyra, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 16. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Almyra’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Almyra
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Almyra workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 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.
The distance from Almyra to work
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Almyra: questions
What is the median household income in Almyra?
$75,875 (±$13,852) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Almyra?
16.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Almyra?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Almyra work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuttgart (43%, 10 mi), Little Rock (7%, 58 mi), DeWitt (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Almyra 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 Almyra, from the people who make the trip.
More of Almyra
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.