David L. King House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardy draws 525 commuters a day, with 3.0 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 27 minutes each way (Arkansas 23, U.S. 26). Employers in Hardy report 543 jobs for 182 working residents. About one in ten work in Hardy; the top destination outside it is Ash Flat (12%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Hardy for work, and who comes in
On a workday 164 residents head out to work and 18 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Hardy on a workday afternoon, 46% more 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.
Who travels to work in Hardy, and from where
Where Hardy clocks in
7% 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 Hardy: what the 543 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hardy, 2013 → 2023: 813 → 543. 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 Hardy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Hardy: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hardy workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 285 commuters (the 4% 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.
How many miles Hardy commutes
About 40% 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.
Next door to Hardy
The biggest share goes to Highland (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Hardy’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Hardy: questions
What is the median household income in Hardy?
$26,932 (±$12,683) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hardy?
27.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hardy?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hardy work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ash Flat (12%, 9 mi), Batesville (8%, 39 mi), Little Rock (7%, 121 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hardy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hardy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hardy
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.