Clarence Anderson Barn · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Fifty-Six commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 8 jobs in Fifty-Six; 43 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Fifty-Six for work; outside it, Mountain View is the main destination (21%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Arkansas has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Fifty-Six, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Fifty-Six on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Fifty-Six’s residents
Where Fifty-Six clocks in
21% of workers
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Fifty-Six
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fifty-Six, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 8. 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 Fifty-Six’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Fifty-Six: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fifty-Six workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 commuters (the 2% 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 Fifty-Six goes to work
About 43% 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 Fifty-Six: questions
What is the median household income in Fifty-Six?
$54,375 (±$18,442) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fifty-Six?
7.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fifty-Six?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fifty-Six work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mountain View (21%, 10 mi), Batesville (9%, 37 mi), Little Rock (9%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fifty-Six 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 Fifty-Six, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fifty-Six
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.