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Jobs & commute in Bodcaw

Bodcaw has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

3 jobs are based in Bodcaw, against 45 working residents. Hardly any stay in Bodcaw for work; outside it, Hope is the main destination (16%, 13 miles). Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Bodcaw

On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

45live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday74
120live here− 45head out to work+ 3come in to work= 74on a workday

About 74 people are in Bodcaw on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.07jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Bodcaw ends

Waldo: 1 residents work here (2%)BodcawBooneville: 1 residents work here (2%)Prescott: 1 residents work here (2%)Mena: 2 residents work here (4%)Arkadelphia: 1 residents work here (2%)Malvern: 1 residents work here (2%)Hope: 7 residents work here (16%)Magnolia: 4 residents work here (9%)El Dorado: 1 residents work here (2%)Texarkana: 4 residents work here (9%)HopeMagnoliaTexarkanaMenaWaldoBoonevilleBodcaw
1
Hope13.4 mi away
16%7
2
Magnolia22 mi away
9%4
3
Texarkana, TX40.6 mi away
9%4
4
Mena85.3 mi away
4%2
5
Waldo15.7 mi away
2%1
6
Booneville112.9 mi away
2%1
7
Prescott16.6 mi away
2%1
8
Arkadelphia43.1 mi away
2%1
9
Malvern64.8 mi away
2%1
10
El Dorado48.3 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%22
The top trips

Where Bodcaw clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

What Bodcaw’s employers do

Jobs based in BodcawJobs Bodcaw residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%31%
Trade, transport & utilities100%24%
Services: health, schools, offices0%44%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%36%
Over $3,333 a month0%56%

Who does it

29 or younger0%18%
30 to 5467%58%
55 and older33%24%

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 Bodcaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 31 minutes to work from Bodcaw

A year of commuting
236 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bodcaw31 min
Arkansas23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Bodcaw workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Bodcaw gets to work
86%Drive alone
14%Carpool

Share of the 76 commuters (the 7% 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

Short hops and long hauls from Bodcaw

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHope: 16% · 13.4 miMagnolia: 9% · 22 miTexarkana: 9% · 40.6 miMena: 4% · 85.3 miWaldo: 2% · 15.7 miBooneville: 2% · 112.9 miPrescott: 2% · 16.6 miArkadelphia: 2% · 43.1 miMalvern: 2% · 64.8 miEl Dorado: 2% · 48.3 miHope 16%Magnolia 9%Mena 4%Waldo 2%Bodcaw
BodcawTop destinations (size = commuters)
2%Under 10 mi1 residents
48%10–24 mi21 residents
23%25–50 mi10 residents
27%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 27% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bodcaw: questions

What is the median household income in Bodcaw?

$70,625 (±$33,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bodcaw?

4.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bodcaw?

31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bodcaw work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hope (16%, 13 mi), Magnolia (9%, 22 mi), Texarkana (9%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Bodcaw 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 Bodcaw, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bodcaw

Bodcaw home →

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.