Old Benton-Sardis Road Bridge · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Bauxite
Only 2% work in Bauxite; the top destination outside it is Little Rock (39%, 14 miles). Working residents average 26 minutes each way, next to 23 for Arkansas and 26 for the U.S. Bauxite has 418 jobs for 318 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bauxite
Where the trip to work from Bauxite ends
Where Bauxite clocks in
39% of workers
15% 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.
Who commutes out of Bauxite, and who commutes in
On a workday 313 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 413 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Bauxite on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 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.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Bauxite
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bauxite, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 418. 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 Bauxite’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Bauxite spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bauxite workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 347 commuters (the 5% 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 Bauxite works
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.
23% of Bauxite works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Benton (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Bauxite’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bauxite: questions
What is the median household income in Bauxite?
$74,250 (±$26,888) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bauxite?
15.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bauxite?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bauxite work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Rock (39%, 14 mi), Benton (15%, 4 mi), Bryant (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bauxite 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 Bauxite, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bauxite
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.