With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Little Flock works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Little Flock for work; outside it, Bentonville is the main destination (31%, 6 miles). There are 226 jobs in Little Flock, against 1,565 working residents. For jobs and income Little Flock is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Little Flock, in brief
Much of Little Flock works one town over
57% of working residents work in a town that borders Little Flock: Bentonville (31%) and Rogers (26%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Little Flock than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Little Flock fell from 1,239 in 2013 to 226 in 2023, −82%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Little Flock is a place people come home to
There are 226 jobs based in Little Flock, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Little Flock has about 1,700 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Little Flock residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Little Flock 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Little Flock
Job access by car holds Little Flock’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Little Flock could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Services make up most of the work in Little Flock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Little Flock, 2013 → 2023: 1,239 → 226. 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 Little Flock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Little Flock
On a workday 1,556 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Little Flock on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
How far Little Flock goes to work
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.
Commuting from Little Flock: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Little Flock workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,473 commuters (the 12% 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.
The places Little Flock commutes to
Where Little Flock clocks in
31% of workers
26% 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.
In Little Flock, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,679 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Little Flock households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Little Flock’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Little Flock is 3,210th among 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Johnson AR | 3,684 | $96K | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 210 | Austin AR | 4,017 | $114K | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 253 | Goshen AR | 2,405 | $150K | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,208 | Adams Township MI | 2,330 | $58K | 7.4% | 4.7% | 3% | C |
| 3,209 | Cornplanter Township PA | 2,258 | $69K | 16.6% | 2.9% | 3% | C |
| 3,210 | Little Flock AR | 3,039 | $61K | 13.2% | 7.1% | 1% | C |
| 3,211 | Metter GA | 4,076 | $36K | 15.2% | 0.0% | 24% | C |
| 3,212 | Buffalo Township IL | 2,617 | $63K | 19.3% | 2.9% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Little Flock, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
Next door is work for 57% of Little Flock
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Little Flock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flock | – | C | B | 18 min | $60,878 |
| Rogers | 26% | B+ | C+ | 18 min | $86,728 |
| Bentonville | 31% | A | B | 19 min | $112,792 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bentonville. Darker towns draw more of Little Flock’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Little Flock: questions
What is the median household income in Little Flock?
$60,878 (±$10,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Little Flock?
13.2%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Little Flock?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Little Flock work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bentonville (31%, 6 mi), Rogers (26%, 5 mi), Springdale (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Little Flock walkable?
Little Flock is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Little Flock without a car?
1% 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 Little Flock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Little Flock
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.