Main Street Bridge · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of New Blaine commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
21% of workers have no commute at all, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. New Blaine has 18 jobs, and 72 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in New Blaine itself; outside it, Russellville draws the most (14%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of New Blaine
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in New Blaine on a workday afternoon, 10% 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 New Blaine’s working residents head each day
Where New Blaine clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
13% 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.
What New Blaine’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Blaine, 2014 → 2024: 13 → 18. 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 New Blaine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from New Blaine: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Blaine workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 141 commuters (the 21% 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.
Half of New Blaine commutes less than 16 miles
About 26% 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 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 New Blaine: questions
What is the poverty rate in New Blaine?
10.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Blaine?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Blaine work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Russellville (14%, 16 mi), Paris (13%, 18 mi), Clarksville (13%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New Blaine 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 New Blaine, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Blaine
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.