Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 3.0De Valls Bluff has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 42 jobs in De Valls Bluff, against 170 working residents. Only 1% work in De Valls Bluff itself; outside it, Stuttgart draws the most (20%, 21 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 9% across Arkansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
De Valls Bluff by day and by night
On a workday 168 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in De Valls Bluff 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 De Valls Bluff goes to work
Where De Valls Bluff clocks in
20% of workers
13% of workers
7% 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.
What De Valls Bluff’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in De Valls Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 42. 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 De Valls Bluff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
De Valls Bluff’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of De Valls Bluff workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 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 it is to work from De Valls Bluff
About 29% 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 De Valls Bluff: questions
What is the median household income in De Valls Bluff?
$27,361 (±$19,378) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in De Valls Bluff?
21.7%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from De Valls Bluff?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in De Valls Bluff work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuttgart (20%, 21 mi), Little Rock (13%, 51 mi), North Little Rock (7%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around De Valls Bluff without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from De Valls Bluff, from the people who make the trip.
More of De Valls Bluff
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.