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Jobs & commute in Coy

Jobs and earnings in Coy, and the trip to work

0% of workers work from home, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole. Hardly any work in Coy; the top destination outside it is Stuttgart (25%, 19 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 16 minutes, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Coy, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

40live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night90
Workday50
90live here− 40head out to work+ 0come in to work= 50on a workday

About 50 people are in Coy on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Out of Coy to work: where people go

Humnoke: 1 residents work here (3%)CoyCarlisle: 1 residents work here (3%)Stuttgart: 10 residents work here (25%)Searcy: 1 residents work here (3%)Clarksville: 2 residents work here (5%)Fairfield Bay: 1 residents work here (3%)Cabot: 1 residents work here (3%)Hot Springs: 1 residents work here (3%)Little Rock: 5 residents work here (13%)North Little Rock: 6 residents work here (15%)StuttgartNorth Little RockLittle RockClarksvilleHumnokeCarlisleCoy
1
Stuttgart18.6 mi away
25%10
2
North Little Rock26.6 mi away
15%6
3
Little Rock30.5 mi away
13%5
4
Clarksville110.9 mi away
5%2
5
Humnoke6.4 mi away
3%1
6
Carlisle19.1 mi away
3%1
7
Searcy49 mi away
3%1
8
Fairfield Bay76.6 mi away
3%1
9
Cabot31.3 mi away
3%1
10
Hot Springs67.2 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%11
The top trips

Where Coy clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

A commute of about 16 minutes in Coy

A year of commuting
123 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Coy16 min
Arkansas23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Coy workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Coy gets to work
77%Drive alone
23%Walk

Share of the 22 commuters (the 0% 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Coy

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miStuttgart: 25% · 18.6 miNorth Little Rock: 15% · 26.6 miLittle Rock: 13% · 30.5 miClarksville: 5% · 110.9 miHumnoke: 3% · 6.4 miCarlisle: 3% · 19.1 miSearcy: 3% · 49 miFairfield Bay: 3% · 76.6 miCabot: 3% · 31.3 miHot Springs: 3% · 67.2 miStuttgart 25%North Little Rock 15%Little Rock 13%Clarksville 5%Humnoke 3%Coy
CoyTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi8 residents
40%10–24 mi16 residents
28%25–50 mi11 residents
13%Over 50 mi5 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Coy: questions

What is the median household income in Coy?

$60,313 (±$32,621) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Coy?

3.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Coy?

16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Coy work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuttgart (25%, 19 mi), North Little Rock (15%, 27 mi), Little Rock (13%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Coy 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 Coy, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Coy

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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.