County Road 6 Bridge · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Cincinnati has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Hardly any work in Cincinnati itself; outside it, Fayetteville draws the most (20%, 20 miles). 58 jobs are based in Cincinnati, and 127 of its residents work somewhere. 27% of workers have no commute at all; Arkansas has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cincinnati quiets down on a workday
On a workday 127 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Cincinnati on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 people from Cincinnati work
Where Cincinnati clocks in
20% of workers
11% 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.
Cincinnati makes things: 84% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cincinnati, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 58. 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 Cincinnati’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Cincinnati: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cincinnati workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 commuters (the 27% 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.
Where in the region Cincinnati works
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 Cincinnati: questions
What is the median household income in Cincinnati?
$57,127 (±$25,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cincinnati?
3.2%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cincinnati?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cincinnati work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fayetteville (20%, 20 mi), Springdale (13%, 23 mi), Siloam Springs (11%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cincinnati
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.