How Horatio works: jobs, income and commuting
Only 7% work in Horatio; the top destination outside it is De Queen (31%, 7 miles). For 2% of workers, the job is at home, against 9% across Arkansas. The average commute takes 33 minutes each way; Arkansas averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Horatio
31% of Horatio works in De Queen
106 working residents, 31%, have their main job in De Queen, 6.9 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Horatio itself. The commute map ↓
Horatio workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 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 338 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Horatio: the destinations
Where Horatio clocks in
31% 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.
The trip to work from Horatio: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Horatio workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 515 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 Horatio for work, and who comes in
On a workday 314 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 240 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 (0.78 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.
What Horatio’s employers do
264 jobs are based in Horatio.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Horatio, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 264. 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 Horatio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Horatio
About 27% 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 Horatio: questions
What is the median household income in Horatio?
$45,750 (±$14,349) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Horatio?
18.1%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Horatio?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Horatio work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are De Queen (31%, 7 mi), Nashville (4%, 29 mi), Hochatown (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Horatio without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Horatio, from the people who make the trip.
More of Horatio
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.