Moorefield School · Photo: Kennethrorie · CC BY-SA 3.0Work means Batesville for more than half of Moorefield’s working residents
Employers in Moorefield report 32 jobs; 61 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 19 minutes each way, where Arkansas has 23 and the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Arkansas 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Moorefield for work, and who comes in
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Moorefield on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.52 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.
Commuting out of Moorefield: the destinations
Where Moorefield clocks in
7% 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.
Moorefield works in goods: 28% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moorefield, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 32. 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 Moorefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Moorefield spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moorefield workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 4% 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 distance from Moorefield to work
About 30% 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.
Work next door: 52% of Moorefield’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moorefield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorefield | – | — | — | 19 min | $68,750 |
| Batesville | 52% | C− | B | 13 min | $51,856 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Batesville. Darker towns draw more of Moorefield’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 Moorefield: questions
What is the median household income in Moorefield?
$68,750 (±$29,035) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moorefield?
12.5%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moorefield?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moorefield work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Moorefield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moorefield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moorefield
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.