Coats School · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Maysville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Maysville for work; outside it, Bentonville is the main destination (22%, 20 miles). 12 jobs are based in Maysville for 50 working residents. 71% of workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Maysville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 72 people are in Maysville 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Maysville’s working residents head each day
Where Maysville clocks in
22% of workers
14% of workers
10% 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 Maysville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maysville, 2014 → 2024: 13 → 12. 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 Maysville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Maysville
of Maysville workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 71% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Maysville
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 Maysville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Maysville?
59.1%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Maysville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bentonville (22%, 20 mi), Gravette (14%, 12 mi), Siloam Springs (10%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Maysville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maysville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maysville
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.