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Jobs & commute in Evansville

Work, pay and getting to work in Evansville

Hardly any stay in Evansville for work; outside it, Fayetteville is the main destination (28%, 26 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all; Arkansas has 9%. Evansville has 29 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

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

Day and night

How many people are in Evansville by day

On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

29live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night75
Workday46
75live here− 29head out to work+ 0come in to work= 46on a workday

About 46 people are in Evansville on a workday afternoon, 39% 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

Commuting out of Evansville: the destinations

Lincoln: 1 residents work here (3%)Gentry: 1 residents work here (3%)Prairie Grove: 1 residents work here (3%)Harrison: 1 residents work here (3%)Searcy: 1 residents work here (3%)Rogers: 1 residents work here (3%)Bentonville: 4 residents work here (14%)Springdale: 3 residents work here (10%)Little Rock: 2 residents work here (7%)Fayetteville: 8 residents work here (28%)EvansvilleFayettevilleBentonvilleSpringdaleLittle RockLincolnGentryEvansville
1
Fayetteville26.5 mi away
28%8
2
Bentonville41.3 mi away
14%4
3
Springdale33.4 mi away
10%3
4
Little Rock140.9 mi away
7%2
5
Lincoln11.6 mi away
3%1
6
Gentry31.7 mi away
3%1
7
Prairie Grove17 mi away
3%1
8
Harrison82.7 mi away
3%1
9
Searcy159.4 mi away
3%1
10
Rogers41 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
21%6
The top trips

Where Evansville 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

Working from home in Evansville

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Evansville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 37 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

How far Evansville’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFayetteville: 28% · 26.5 miBentonville: 14% · 41.3 miSpringdale: 10% · 33.4 miLittle Rock: 7% · 140.9 miLincoln: 3% · 11.6 miGentry: 3% · 31.7 miPrairie Grove: 3% · 17 miHarrison: 3% · 82.7 miSearcy: 3% · 159.4 miRogers: 3% · 41 miFayetteville 28%Bentonville 14%Springdale 10%Little Rock 7%Lincoln 3%Evansville
EvansvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi1 residents
14%10–24 mi4 residents
61%25–50 mi17 residents
21%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 21% 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.

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 Evansville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Evansville?

0.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Evansville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fayetteville (28%, 26 mi), Bentonville (14%, 41 mi), Springdale (10%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Evansville

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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.