Briarcliff has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 23 jobs are based in Briarcliff, against 91 working residents. Only 1% work in Briarcliff; the top destination outside it is Mountain Home (41%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Briarcliff
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Briarcliff on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where Briarcliff goes to work
Where Briarcliff clocks in
3% of workers
2% 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.
A place that makes things: 35% of Briarcliff’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Briarcliff, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 23. 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 Briarcliff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Briarcliff spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Briarcliff workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 commuters (the 13% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Briarcliff
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.
Briarcliff and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Briarcliff workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briarcliff | – | — | — | 27 min | $61,875 |
| Salesville | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Salesville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Briarcliff’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Briarcliff: questions
What is the median household income in Briarcliff?
$61,875 (±$15,592) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Briarcliff?
23.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Briarcliff?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Briarcliff work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mountain Home (41%, 7 mi), Little Rock (3%, 107 mi), Calico Rock (2%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Briarcliff without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Briarcliff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Briarcliff
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.