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Jobs & commute in Monroe

Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Monroe

For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole. Hardly any work in Monroe; the top destination outside it is Stuttgart (27%, 30 miles). No jobs are based in Monroe in the Census job records; 15 of its residents work elsewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Monroe quiets down on a workday

On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

15live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night11
Workday0
11live here− 15head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Monroe on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 commute map

The towns that employ Monroe’s residents

Clarendon: 1 residents work here (7%)Lonoke: 1 residents work here (7%)Brinkley: 2 residents work here (13%)Stuttgart: 4 residents work here (27%)Searcy: 1 residents work here (7%)West Memphis: 1 residents work here (7%)Jonesboro: 1 residents work here (7%)Little Rock: 2 residents work here (13%)MonroeStuttgartBrinkleyLittle RockClarendonLonokeSearcyMonroe
1
Stuttgart30.1 mi away
27%4
2
Brinkley11.7 mi away
13%2
3
Little Rock71.1 mi away
13%2
4
Clarendon11.7 mi away
7%1
5
Lonoke45.6 mi away
7%1
6
Searcy49.9 mi away
7%1
7
West Memphis58.9 mi away
7%1
8
Jonesboro78.8 mi away
7%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%2
The top trips

Where Monroe clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Monroe

Working from home
0%

of Monroe workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Monroe gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 4 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.

How far

How many miles Monroe commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miStuttgart: 27% · 30.1 miBrinkley: 13% · 11.7 miLittle Rock: 13% · 71.1 miClarendon: 7% · 11.7 miLonoke: 7% · 45.6 miSearcy: 7% · 49.9 miWest Memphis: 7% · 58.9 miJonesboro: 7% · 78.8 miStuttgart 27%Brinkley 13%Little Rock 13%Clarendon 7%Lonoke 7%Monroe
MonroeTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
20%10–24 mi3 residents
47%25–50 mi7 residents
33%Over 50 mi5 residents

About 33% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Monroe: questions

What is the poverty rate in Monroe?

0.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Monroe work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuttgart (27%, 30 mi), Brinkley (13%, 12 mi), Little Rock (13%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Monroe 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 Monroe, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Monroe

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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.