For more than half of its working residents, Bonanza is a commute to Fort Smith
Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average; Arkansas averages 23, the U.S. 26. Hardly any work in Bonanza; the top destination outside it is Fort Smith (53%, 8 miles). Employers in Bonanza report 68 jobs, and 247 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bonanza apart on work
More than half of Bonanza works in Fort Smith
131 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Fort Smith, 8.4 miles away. That’s far more as work in Bonanza itself. The commute map ↓
Bonanza is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Bonanza, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bonanza has about 420 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Bonanza residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 247 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Bonanza to work: where people go
Where Bonanza clocks in
53% 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.
Who commutes out of Bonanza, and who commutes in
On a workday 246 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Bonanza on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.28 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.
Miles to work from Bonanza
About 22% 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.
Goods jobs make up 63% of work in Bonanza
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bonanza, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 68. 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 Bonanza’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bonanza, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bonanza workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 235 commuters (the 3% 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.
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 Bonanza: questions
What is the median household income in Bonanza?
$63,631 (±$7,173) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bonanza?
13.2%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bonanza?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bonanza work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Smith (53%, 8 mi), Greenwood (7%, 10 mi), Hackett (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bonanza 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 Bonanza, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bonanza
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.