Photo: Clinton Steeds · CC BY 2.0Most of Dyer commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 26 minutes each way, next to 23 for Arkansas and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Dyer report 44 jobs, against 264 working residents. Hardly any stay in Dyer for work; outside it, Fort Smith is the main destination (28%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Dyer apart on work
Dyer is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Dyer, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dyer has about 590 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Dyer works in Fort Smith
74 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Fort Smith, 17 miles away. That’s far more as work in Dyer itself. The commute map ↓
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 264 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Dyer
On a workday 263 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Dyer on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Dyer’s working residents head each day
Where Dyer clocks in
28% 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.
Dyer makes things: 57% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dyer, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 44. 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 Dyer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Dyer
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dyer workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 414 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Dyer
About 24% 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 Dyer: questions
What is the median household income in Dyer?
$94,327 (±$25,538) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dyer?
16.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dyer?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dyer work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Smith (28%, 16 mi), Alma (15%, 4 mi), Van Buren (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dyer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dyer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dyer
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.