Mountain Fork Bridge · Photo: Jeff Holder · Public domainWith 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Hatfield works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. There are 64 jobs in Hatfield, and 118 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Hatfield itself; outside it, Mena draws the most (35%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hatfield on a workday afternoon
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Hatfield on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Commuting out of Hatfield: the destinations
Where Hatfield clocks in
35% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 34% of Hatfield’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hatfield, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 64. 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 Hatfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Hatfield spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hatfield workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 279 commuters (the 8% 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 Hatfield commutes less than 12 miles
About 38% 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.
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 Hatfield: questions
What is the median household income in Hatfield?
$38,863 (±$1,010) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hatfield?
22.6%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hatfield?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hatfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mena (35%, 11 mi), Fort Smith (4%, 60 mi), Bentonville (3%, 129 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hatfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hatfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hatfield
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.