How Greers Ferry works: jobs, income and commuting
The average commute takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 18% of workers, against 9% across Arkansas. About one in ten stay in Greers Ferry for work; outside it, Heber Springs is the main destination (13%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Greers Ferry
Greers Ferry workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Greers Ferry
18% of Greers Ferry workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas. 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 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How long Greers Ferry spends getting to work: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greers Ferry workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 commuters (the 18% 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.
Half of Greers Ferry commutes less than 22 miles
About 35% 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.
Who leaves Greers Ferry for work, and who comes in
On a workday 202 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).
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 places Greers Ferry commutes to
Where Greers Ferry clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Greers Ferry: what the 300 are
300 jobs are based in Greers Ferry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greers Ferry, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 300. 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 Greers Ferry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Greers Ferry: questions
What is the median household income in Greers Ferry?
$57,235 (±$6,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greers Ferry?
14.5%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greers Ferry?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greers Ferry work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Heber Springs (13%, 9 mi), Little Rock (7%, 60 mi), Conway (4%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greers Ferry 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 Greers Ferry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greers Ferry
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.