Photo: Photolitherland · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Magazine
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. Only 7% stay in Magazine for work; outside it, Fort Smith is the main destination (22%, 34 miles). Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Arkansas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Magazine apart on work
Magazine’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Magazine is Fort Smith, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (54) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Magazine workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Magazine 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 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Magazine
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Time on the road from Magazine: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Magazine workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 418 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Magazine
On a workday 230 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 164 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.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Magazine’s residents
Where Magazine clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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 kinds of work in Magazine
180 jobs are based in Magazine.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Magazine, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 180. 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 Magazine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Magazine: questions
What is the median household income in Magazine?
$54,286 (±$13,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Magazine?
19.7%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Magazine?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Magazine work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Smith (22%, 34 mi), Booneville (11%, 6 mi), Paris (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Magazine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Magazine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Magazine
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.