Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Lewisville at work: jobs, income and the commute
About one in ten stay in Lewisville for work; outside it, Magnolia is the main destination (10%, 21 miles). 0% of workers work from home (Arkansas 9%). Working residents average 15 minutes each way, where Arkansas has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lewisville and work: the main findings
Commutes from Lewisville are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 23 across Arkansas. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arkansas worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Lewisville workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting from Lewisville: about 15 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lewisville workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 242 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.
In and out of Lewisville on a workday
On a workday 274 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 285 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 (1.04 per resident).
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 Lewisville: the destinations
Where Lewisville clocks in
10% 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.
The 318 jobs based in Lewisville
318 jobs are based in Lewisville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lewisville, 2014 → 2024: 392 → 318. 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 Lewisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Lewisville goes to work
About 24% 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 Lewisville: questions
What is the median household income in Lewisville?
$24,688 (±$10,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lewisville?
37.2%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lewisville?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lewisville work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Magnolia (10%, 21 mi), Stamps (7%, 5 mi), Texarkana (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lewisville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lewisville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lewisville
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.