Lake Dick · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 4.0Altheimer has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 40 jobs in Altheimer; 162 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Altheimer itself; outside it, Stuttgart draws the most (27%, 21 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Altheimer
On a workday 159 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Altheimer on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Out of Altheimer to work: where people go
Where Altheimer clocks in
27% of workers
17% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Altheimer
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Altheimer, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 40. 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 Altheimer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Altheimer, about 60 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 19.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Altheimer workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 168 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.
Where in the region Altheimer works
About 21% 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 Altheimer: questions
What is the median household income in Altheimer?
$42,663 (±$15,787) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Altheimer?
18.2%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Altheimer?
60 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Altheimer work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuttgart (27%, 21 mi), Pine Bluff (17%, 13 mi), Little Rock (11%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Altheimer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Altheimer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Altheimer
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.