Mo-Ark Baptist Academy · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Blue Eye works elsewhere
There are 1 jobs in Blue Eye, and 24 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Blue Eye; the top destination outside it is Berryville (25%, 13 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Blue Eye, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20 people are in Blue Eye on a workday afternoon, 53% 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.
Commuting out of Blue Eye: the destinations
Where Blue Eye clocks in
25% 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.
100% of the jobs in Blue Eye make or build things
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 Blue Eye’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Blue Eye
of Blue Eye workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 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.
How far it is to work from Blue Eye
About 26% 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 Blue Eye: questions
What is the median household income in Blue Eye?
$45,000 (±$41,185) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue Eye?
45.5%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Blue Eye work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Berryville (25%, 13 mi), Green Forest (17%, 11 mi), Springdale (8%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blue Eye 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 Blue Eye, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue Eye
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.