Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 4.0Bassett has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Arkansas has 9%. There are 7 jobs in Bassett, and 41 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Bassett for work; outside it, Jonesboro is the main destination (12%, 37 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bassett on a workday afternoon
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 81 people are in Bassett on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Bassett to work: where people go
Where Bassett clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
In Bassett, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bassett, 2014 → 2024: 15 → 7. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bassett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Arkansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bassett workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 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 Bassett works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Bassett: questions
What is the median household income in Bassett?
$49,688 (±$17,776) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bassett?
12.7%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bassett?
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 Bassett work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jonesboro (12%, 37 mi), West Memphis (10%, 27 mi), Osceola (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bassett 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 Bassett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bassett
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.