Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Garfield works elsewhere
Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average; Arkansas averages 23, the U.S. 26. There are 99 jobs in Garfield; 293 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Garfield for work; outside it, Rogers is the main destination (27%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Garfield at work: what stands out
Garfield and Rogers trade workers both ways
Rogers is the top workplace for Garfield residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Garfield come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Garfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 293 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Garfield commutes to
Where Garfield clocks in
27% of workers
24% 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.
Getting to work from Garfield takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garfield workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 commuters (the 13% 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.
Garfield on a workday afternoon
On a workday 291 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Garfield on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Goods jobs make up 56% of work in Garfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garfield, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 99. 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 Garfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Garfield commutes
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 Garfield: questions
What is the median household income in Garfield?
$74,583 (±$8,101) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garfield?
3.9%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garfield?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garfield work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rogers (27%, 14 mi), Bentonville (24%, 16 mi), Springdale (9%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Garfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Garfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garfield
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.