Photo: Brian Stansberry (photographer) · CC BY 4.0Keiser has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 18 minutes each way, next to 23 for Arkansas and 26 for the U.S. There are 31 jobs in Keiser for 246 working residents. Hardly any work in Keiser; the top destination outside it is Wilson (11%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Keiser: the figures worth knowing
Keiser is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Keiser, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Keiser has about 480 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Keiser are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Arkansas. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arkansas 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 246 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Keiser
On a workday 244 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Keiser on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Keiser
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keiser workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 277 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.
Out of Keiser to work: where people go
Where Keiser clocks in
11% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Keiser
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keiser, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 31. 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 Keiser’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Keiser commutes less than 22 miles
About 20% 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 Keiser: questions
What is the median household income in Keiser?
$56,667 (±$9,078) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keiser?
14.9%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keiser?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keiser work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilson (11%, 8 mi), Osceola (7%, 6 mi), Blytheville (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keiser without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keiser, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keiser
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.