Lakeview has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
18 jobs are based in Lakeview for 235 working residents. Hardly any work in Lakeview itself; outside it, Mountain Home draws the most (38%, 9 miles). 16% of workers work from home, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lakeview: the figures worth knowing
Lakeview is a place people come home to
There are 18 jobs based in Lakeview, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lakeview has about 570 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
38% of Lakeview works in Mountain Home
89 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Mountain Home, 9 miles away. That’s 38 times as many as work in Lakeview itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 235 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Lakeview, and who commutes in
On a workday 233 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Lakeview on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Out of Lakeview to work: where people go
Where Lakeview clocks in
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.
Half of Lakeview commutes less than 9 miles
About 33% 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.
Lakeview is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeview, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 18. 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 Lakeview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Lakeview
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeview workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 246 commuters (the 15% 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.
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 Lakeview: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeview?
$66,786 (±$15,499) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeview?
17.6%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeview?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeview work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mountain Home (38%, 9 mi), Fayetteville (4%, 93 mi), Flippin (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lakeview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeview
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.