Murphy, J.T., No 1 Crater · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 4.0Norphlet has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes, where Arkansas has 23 and the U.S. 26. Norphlet has 9 jobs for 262 working residents. Hardly any work in Norphlet itself; outside it, El Dorado draws the most (40%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Norphlet in brief
Norphlet is a place people come home to
There are 9 jobs based in Norphlet, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Norphlet has about 460 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
40% of Norphlet works in El Dorado
104 working residents, 40%, have their main job in El Dorado, 7 miles away. That’s far more as work in Norphlet itself. The commute map ↓
Most Norphlet residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 262 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Norphlet by day and by night
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Norphlet 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Norphlet to work: where people go
Where Norphlet clocks in
40% of workers
5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Norphlet
About 28% 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.
Jobs in Norphlet: what the 9 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norphlet, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 9. 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 Norphlet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Norphlet takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norphlet workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 308 commuters (the 6% 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.
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 Norphlet: questions
What is the median household income in Norphlet?
$51,705 (±$16,241) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norphlet?
13.6%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norphlet?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norphlet work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Dorado (40%, 7 mi), Little Rock (5%, 99 mi), Camden (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Norphlet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norphlet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norphlet
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.