Jamestown School · Photo: Kennethrorie · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Desha works elsewhere
There are 2 jobs in Desha, against 311 working residents. Hardly any work in Desha itself; outside it, Batesville draws the most (42%, 4 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Arkansas 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Desha at work: what stands out
Desha is a place people come home to
There are 2 jobs based in Desha, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Desha has about 370 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
42% of Desha works in Batesville
130 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Batesville, 4.4 miles away. That’s far more as work in Desha itself. The commute map ↓
Most Desha residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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 311 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Desha, and who commutes in
On a workday 311 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Desha on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
The places Desha commutes to
Where Desha clocks in
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.
Where in the region Desha works
About 22% 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 Desha’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Desha, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 2. 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 Desha’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Desha: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Desha workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 449 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.
The towns next door employ 13% of Desha
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Southside. Darker towns draw more of Desha’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 Desha: questions
What is the median household income in Desha?
$68,403 (±$33,102) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Desha?
17.1%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Desha?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Desha work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batesville (42%, 4 mi), Southside (13%, 3 mi), Little Rock (4%, 79 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Desha 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 Desha, from the people who make the trip.
More of Desha
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.