Gravel Hill Baptist Church · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Floyd has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Arkansas 9%). Employers in Floyd report 9 jobs, against 163 working residents. Hardly any stay in Floyd for work; outside it, Little Rock is the main destination (22%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Floyd
On a workday 163 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Floyd on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 the trip to work from Floyd ends
Where Floyd clocks in
22% of workers
11% 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.
What Floyd’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Floyd, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 9. 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 Floyd’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 37 minutes to work from Floyd
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Floyd workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 342 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.
Miles to work from Floyd
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 Floyd: questions
What is the median household income in Floyd?
$83,719 (±$11,484) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Floyd?
3.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Floyd?
37 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Floyd work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Rock (22%, 40 mi), Searcy (17%, 13 mi), North Little Rock (11%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Floyd without a car?
1% 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 Floyd, from the people who make the trip.
More of Floyd
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.