Old US 71-Little River Approach · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Ben Lomond commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Ben Lomond report 2 jobs; 42 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Ben Lomond; the top destination outside it is Nashville (14%, 17 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Ben Lomond, and who commutes in
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97 people are in Ben Lomond on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where Ben Lomond’s working residents head each day
Where Ben Lomond clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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 Ben Lomond, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Ben Lomond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Ben Lomond takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ben Lomond workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 108 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 Ben Lomond works
About 40% 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 Ben Lomond: questions
What is the median household income in Ben Lomond?
$62,656 (±$25,347) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ben Lomond?
0.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ben Lomond?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ben Lomond work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (14%, 17 mi), Lockesburg (12%, 10 mi), De Queen (12%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ben Lomond without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ben Lomond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ben Lomond
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.