Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Holly Grove at work: jobs, income and the commute
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. Only 3% stay in Holly Grove for work; outside it, Stuttgart is the main destination (21%, 21 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes; Arkansas averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Holly Grove for work, and who comes in
On a workday 131 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Holly Grove on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Holly Grove: the destinations
Where Holly Grove clocks in
21% of workers
7% of workers
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.
Services make up most of the work in Holly Grove
80 jobs are based in Holly Grove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holly Grove, 2014 → 2024: 31 → 80. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holly Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Holly Grove: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holly Grove workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 148 commuters (the 0% 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 in the region Holly Grove works
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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Holly Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Holly Grove?
$36,333 (±$15,521) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holly Grove?
27.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holly Grove?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holly Grove work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuttgart (21%, 21 mi), Little Rock (7%, 66 mi), Brinkley (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Holly Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holly Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holly Grove
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.