With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Cherry Valley works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average; Arkansas averages 23, the U.S. 26. Employers in Cherry Valley report 69 jobs; 204 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Cherry Valley for work; outside it, Wynne is the main destination (25%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Cherry Valley in brief
Cherry Valley and Wynne trade workers both ways
Wynne is the top workplace for Cherry Valley residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Cherry Valley come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cherry Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 204 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Cherry Valley commutes to
Where Cherry Valley clocks in
12% 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.
About 30 minutes each way for Cherry Valley’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Valley workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 175 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Cherry Valley
On a workday 202 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Cherry Valley on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 64% of the jobs in Cherry Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Valley, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 69. 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 Cherry Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Cherry Valley works
About 24% 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 Cherry Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Valley?
$31,563 (±$9,358) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Valley?
20.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Valley?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Valley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wynne (25%, 11 mi), Jonesboro (12%, 30 mi), Harrisburg (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cherry Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherry Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry 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.