Storm Cellar, William Howell House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Letona works elsewhere
The average commute takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. There are 1 jobs in Letona; 85 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Letona itself; outside it, Searcy draws the most (36%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Letona quiets down on a workday
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Letona on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Letona: the destinations
Where Letona clocks in
13% 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 Letona
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Letona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Letona, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Letona workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 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.
How far it is to work from Letona
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 Letona: questions
What is the median household income in Letona?
$38,438 (±$31,987) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Letona?
39.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Letona?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Letona work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Searcy (36%, 10 mi), Little Rock (13%, 53 mi), Batesville (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Letona without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Letona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Letona
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.