Photo: ROALOUT · CC BY-SA 4.0Diamond City has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute from Diamond City lasts 39 minutes (Arkansas 23, U.S. 26). Diamond City has 42 jobs; 291 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Diamond City for work; outside it, Harrison is the main destination (33%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Diamond City, in brief
Diamond City is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Diamond City, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Diamond City has about 610 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Diamond City and Harrison trade workers both ways
Harrison is the top workplace for Diamond City residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Diamond City come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Diamond City workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 123 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 291 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Diamond City for work, and who comes in
On a workday 291 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Diamond City on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Diamond City ends
Where Diamond City clocks in
33% of workers
3% 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.
How long Diamond City spends getting to work: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Diamond City workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 commuters (the 6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Diamond City, 2014 → 2024: 23 → 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Diamond City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Diamond City, by distance
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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Diamond City: questions
What is the median household income in Diamond City?
$45,966 (±$8,628) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Diamond City?
20.5%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Diamond City?
39 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Diamond City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrison (33%, 19 mi), Bergman (4%, 12 mi), Little Rock (3%, 124 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Diamond City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Diamond City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Diamond City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.