Jobs and earnings in Amagon, and the trip to work
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 9% across Arkansas. Hardly any stay in Amagon for work; outside it, Newport is the main destination (24%, 8 miles). 26 jobs are based in Amagon; 25 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Amagon by day and by night
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
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 Amagon goes to work
Where Amagon clocks in
24% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 69% of jobs based in Amagon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amagon, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 26. 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 Amagon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Amagon
of Amagon workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 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 many miles Amagon commutes
About 24% 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 Amagon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Amagon?
22.6%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Amagon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport (24%, 8 mi), Searcy (8%, 42 mi), Little Rock (8%, 91 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Amagon 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 Amagon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amagon
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.