Most of Felsenthal commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Felsenthal; the top destination outside it is El Dorado (36%, 32 miles). Employers in Felsenthal report 5 jobs; 25 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Felsenthal on a workday
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 63 people are in Felsenthal on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 towns that employ Felsenthal’s residents
Where Felsenthal clocks in
36% of workers
8% 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.
In Felsenthal, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Felsenthal, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 5. 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 Felsenthal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 43 minutes in Felsenthal
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Felsenthal workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Felsenthal
About 28% 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 Felsenthal: questions
What is the median household income in Felsenthal?
$33,750 (±$20,705) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Felsenthal?
32.5%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Felsenthal?
43 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Felsenthal work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Dorado (36%, 32 mi), Huttig (8%, 2 mi), Little Rock (8%, 116 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Felsenthal 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 Felsenthal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Felsenthal
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.