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Jobs & commute in Floral

Floral has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 9% across Arkansas. There are 2 jobs in Floral for 38 working residents. Hardly any stay in Floral for work; outside it, Batesville is the main destination (32%, 15 miles).

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

Day and night

Who leaves Floral for work, and who comes in

On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

38live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night190
Workday160
190live here− 38head out to work+ 2come in to work= 160on a workday

About 160 people are in Floral on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.05jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Out of Floral to work: where people go

Waldenburg: 1 residents work here (3%)Oil Trough: 1 residents work here (3%)Judsonia: 1 residents work here (3%)Mount Pleasant: 1 residents work here (3%)Bald Knob: 1 residents work here (3%)Mena: 1 residents work here (3%)Southside: 3 residents work here (8%)Batesville: 12 residents work here (32%)Searcy: 2 residents work here (5%)Little Rock: 2 residents work here (5%)FloralBatesvilleSouthsideSearcyLittle RockWaldenburgOil TroughFloral
1
Batesville14.6 mi away
32%12
2
Southside11.6 mi away
8%3
3
Searcy24.1 mi away
5%2
4
Little Rock68.6 mi away
5%2
5
Waldenburg46.4 mi away
3%1
6
Oil Trough17 mi away
3%1
7
Judsonia22.6 mi away
3%1
8
Mount Pleasant27.6 mi away
3%1
9
Bald Knob21.8 mi away
3%1
10
Mena156.4 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%13
The top trips

Where Floral 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.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in FloralJobs Floral residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices100%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%37%
Over $3,333 a month0%53%

Who does it

29 or younger50%26%
30 to 5450%47%
55 and older0%26%
−60%

Jobs based in Floral, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 2. 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 Floral’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Floral

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Floral gets to work
74%Drive alone
26%Carpool

Share of the 77 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

Where in the region Floral works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBatesville: 32% · 14.6 miSouthside: 8% · 11.6 miSearcy: 5% · 24.1 miLittle Rock: 5% · 68.6 miWaldenburg: 3% · 46.4 miOil Trough: 3% · 17 miJudsonia: 3% · 22.6 miMount Pleasant: 3% · 27.6 miBald Knob: 3% · 21.8 miMena: 3% · 156.4 miBatesville 32%Southside 8%Searcy 5%Little Rock 5%Waldenburg 3%Floral
FloralTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi2 residents
61%10–24 mi23 residents
5%25–50 mi2 residents
29%Over 50 mi11 residents

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 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 Floral: questions

What is the poverty rate in Floral?

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

Where do people who live in Floral work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batesville (32%, 15 mi), Southside (8%, 12 mi), Searcy (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Floral

Floral home →

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.