Magnet Cove has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Arkansas and 26 for the U.S. There are 100 jobs in Magnet Cove, against 285 working residents. Only 3% work in Magnet Cove itself; outside it, Hot Springs draws the most (18%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Magnet Cove: the figures worth knowing
The daily trip from Magnet Cove: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Magnet Cove workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 400 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.
Magnet Cove on a workday afternoon
On a workday 277 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Magnet Cove on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where the trip to work from Magnet Cove ends
Where Magnet Cove clocks in
18% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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 Magnet Cove
100 jobs are based in Magnet Cove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Magnet Cove, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 100. 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 Magnet Cove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Magnet Cove commutes
About 17% 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 Magnet Cove: questions
What is the poverty rate in Magnet Cove?
34.5%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Magnet Cove?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Magnet Cove work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hot Springs (18%, 12 mi), Little Rock (15%, 33 mi), Malvern (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Magnet Cove without a car?
0% 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 Magnet Cove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Magnet Cove
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.