Gateway has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Gateway has 4 jobs, against 208 working residents. Hardly any work in Gateway itself; outside it, Rogers draws the most (27%, 17 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 43 minutes (Arkansas 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Gateway: the figures worth knowing
Gateway is a place people come home to
There are 4 jobs based in Gateway, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gateway has about 250 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Gateway workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 153 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 208 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Gateway for work, and who comes in
On a workday 208 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Gateway on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 trip to work from Gateway: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gateway workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 114 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where people from Gateway work
Where Gateway clocks in
27% of workers
25% 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 Gateway, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gateway, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 4. 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 Gateway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Gateway
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 Gateway: questions
What is the median household income in Gateway?
$44,813 (±$16,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gateway?
7.9%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gateway?
43 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gateway work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rogers (27%, 17 mi), Bentonville (25%, 19 mi), Springdale (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gateway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gateway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gateway
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.