Buckeye Vista Overlook · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 4.0Mena draws about half of Board Camp’s working residents
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. Hardly any stay in Board Camp for work; outside it, Mena is the main destination (46%, 10 miles). No jobs are based in Board Camp in the Census job records; 28 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Board Camp for work, and who comes in
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41 people are in Board Camp on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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 people from Board Camp work
Where Board Camp clocks in
46% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Working from home in Board Camp
of Board Camp workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 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.
Half of Board Camp commutes less than 8 miles
About 25% 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 Board Camp: questions
What is the poverty rate in Board Camp?
21.7%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Board Camp work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Board Camp without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Board Camp, from the people who make the trip.
More of Board Camp
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.