Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Guy commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
2% of workers have no commute at all; Arkansas has 9%. Guy has 117 jobs, against 266 working residents. Only 2% stay in Guy for work; outside it, Conway is the main destination (27%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Guy: the figures worth knowing
Guy and Conway trade workers both ways
Conway is the top workplace for Guy residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Guy come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Guy workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 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 266 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Guy’s working residents head each day
Where Guy clocks in
27% of workers
13% 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Arkansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Guy workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 307 commuters (the 2% 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.
Who leaves Guy for work, and who comes in
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Guy on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
What Guy’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guy, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 117. 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 Guy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Guy works
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 Guy: questions
What is the median household income in Guy?
$75,592 (±$27,340) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Guy?
14.2%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Guy?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Guy work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conway (27%, 19 mi), Little Rock (13%, 42 mi), Greenbrier (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Guy without a car?
1% 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 Guy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guy
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.