Rosedale Plantation Barn · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Caddo Valley has 2.7 jobs per working resident, and 438 people come in to work
Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; the Arkansas average is 23, the U.S. 26. There are 446 jobs in Caddo Valley for 167 working residents. The poverty rate is 27.0%; Arkansas has 16.0%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Caddo Valley
On a workday 159 residents head out to work and 8 work right here.
About 870 people are in Caddo Valley on a workday afternoon, 47% more 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.
Who travels to work in Caddo Valley, and from where
Where Caddo Valley clocks in
37% of workers
11% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Caddo Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caddo Valley, 2013 → 2023: 482 → 446. 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 Caddo Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Caddo Valley: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caddo Valley workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 285 commuters (the 9% 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 Caddo Valley goes to work
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.
Caddo Valley and its neighbors: 37% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Caddo Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caddo Valley | – | — | — | 27 min | $67,679 |
| Arkadelphia | 37% | D | A− | 17 min | $48,657 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Arkadelphia. Darker towns draw more of Caddo Valley’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 Caddo Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Caddo Valley?
$67,679 (±$28,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caddo Valley?
27.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caddo Valley?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caddo Valley work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arkadelphia (37%, 4 mi), Little Rock (11%, 56 mi), Hot Springs (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Caddo Valley without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caddo Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caddo Valley
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.