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Jobs & commute in Aubrey

Aubrey has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any work in Aubrey; the top destination outside it is Marianna (16%, 8 miles). Employers in Aubrey report 20 jobs, and 45 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%.

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

Day and night

Aubrey by day and by night

On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.

45live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
20work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night98
Workday73
98live here− 45head out to work+ 20come in to work= 73on a workday

About 73 people are in Aubrey on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.44jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Out of Aubrey to work: where people go

Fisher: 1 residents work here (2%)AubreyRondoDe Valls Bluff: 1 residents work here (2%)RectorMarvell: 2 residents work here (4%)TyronzaDes Arc: 1 residents work here (2%)Marianna: 7 residents work here (16%)Lake ViewPocahontasSearcy: 2 residents work here (4%)Forrest City: 5 residents work here (11%)Marion: 3 residents work here (7%)ParagouldJonesboroLittle Rock: 2 residents work here (4%)Memphis: 3 residents work here (7%)MariannaForrest CityMarionMemphisMarvellSearcyAubrey
1
Marianna8.3 mi away
16%7
2
Forrest City21.1 mi away
11%5
3
Marion51.5 mi away
7%3
4
Memphis, TN59.1 mi away
7%3
5
Marvell11.3 mi away
4%2
6
Searcy59.5 mi away
4%2
7
Little Rock82.9 mi away
4%2
8
Fisher53.5 mi away
2%1
9
De Valls Bluff32.3 mi away
2%1
10
Des Arc38.8 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%18
The top trips

Where Aubrey 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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Aubrey

Jobs based in AubreyJobs Aubrey residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%24%
Trade, transport & utilities95%33%
Services: health, schools, offices5%42%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less10%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%36%
Over $3,333 a month60%51%

Who does it

29 or younger5%22%
30 to 5450%53%
55 and older45%24%
+300%

Jobs based in Aubrey, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 20. 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 Aubrey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 34 minutes each way for Aubrey’s commuters

A year of commuting
258 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Aubrey34 min
Arkansas23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Aubrey gets to work
95%Drive alone
5%Carpool

Share of the 38 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

How far Aubrey’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMarianna: 16% · 8.3 miForrest City: 11% · 21.1 miMarion: 7% · 51.5 miMemphis: 7% · 59.1 miMarvell: 4% · 11.3 miSearcy: 4% · 59.5 miLittle Rock: 4% · 82.9 miFisher: 2% · 53.5 miDe Valls Bluff: 2% · 32.3 miDes Arc: 2% · 38.8 miMarianna 16%Forrest City 11%Marion 7%Memphis 7%Marvell 4%Aubrey
AubreyTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi10 residents
22%10–24 mi10 residents
18%25–50 mi8 residents
38%Over 50 mi17 residents

About 38% 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.

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 Aubrey: questions

What is the poverty rate in Aubrey?

21.6%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Aubrey?

34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Aubrey work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marianna (16%, 8 mi), Forrest City (11%, 21 mi), Marion (7%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Aubrey without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Aubrey

Aubrey home →

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.