Newton Sutterfield Farmstead · Photo: Krorie · CC BY-SA 3.0Big Flat has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. Employers in Big Flat report 10 jobs for 28 working residents. Only 4% work in Big Flat; the top destination outside it is Mountain Home (32%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Big Flat by day
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69 people are in Big Flat on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Out of Big Flat to work: where people go
Where Big Flat clocks in
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 Big Flat, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Big Flat, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 10. 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 Big Flat’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Big Flat: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Big Flat workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Big Flat
About 32% 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 Big Flat: questions
What is the poverty rate in Big Flat?
56.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Big Flat?
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 Big Flat work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mountain Home (32%, 23 mi), Fort Smith (7%, 119 mi), West Point (4%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Big Flat 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 Big Flat, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Flat
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.