Hodges House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.1 jobs in Bismarck for every working resident, and 207 people commute in
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. There are 214 jobs in Bismarck for 102 working residents. Only 7% stay in Bismarck for work; outside it, Hot Springs is the main destination (27%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Bismarck
On a workday 95 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 150 people are in Bismarck on a workday afternoon, 273% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Bismarck’s workforce comes from
Where Bismarck clocks in
27% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
What Bismarck’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bismarck, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 214. 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 Bismarck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bismarck
of Bismarck workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 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 Bismarck
About 24% 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 Bismarck: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bismarck?
0.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bismarck work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hot Springs (27%, 14 mi), Arkadelphia (11%, 15 mi), Little Rock (5%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bismarck 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 Bismarck, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bismarck
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.