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Jobs & commute in Ozone

Ozone has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Only 4% work in Ozone itself; outside it, Clarksville draws the most (33%, 13 miles). 1 jobs are based in Ozone, and 27 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole.

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

Day and night

Ozone by day and by night

On a workday 26 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

26live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night190
Workday170
190live here− 26head out to work+ 0come in to work= 170on a workday

About 170 people are in Ozone on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Where Ozone goes to work

Jasper: 1 residents work here (4%)Dumas: 1 residents work here (4%)Knoxville: 1 residents work here (4%)London: 1 residents work here (4%)Lamar: 1 residents work here (4%)Clarksville: 9 residents work here (33%)Bella Vista: 1 residents work here (4%)Pine Bluff: 2 residents work here (7%)Hot Springs: 1 residents work here (4%)Little Rock: 4 residents work here (15%)OzoneClarksvilleLittle RockPine BluffJasperDumasKnoxvilleOzone
1
Clarksville12.9 mi away
33%9
2
Little Rock88.1 mi away
15%4
3
Pine Bluff127.6 mi away
7%2
4
Jasper29.7 mi away
4%1
5
Dumas164.6 mi away
4%1
6
Knoxville18.7 mi away
4%1
7
London24.3 mi away
4%1
8
Lamar13.7 mi away
4%1
9
Bella Vista73.3 mi away
4%1
10
Hot Springs82.5 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%5
The top trips

Where Ozone 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.

The jobs

Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Ozone

Jobs based in OzoneJobs Ozone residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%33%
Trade, transport & utilities0%22%
Services: health, schools, offices0%44%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%37%
Over $3,333 a month0%41%

Who does it

29 or younger0%15%
30 to 54100%63%
55 and older0%22%
+0%

Jobs based in Ozone, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 1. 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 Ozone’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Ozone

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 102 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

The commute from Ozone, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miClarksville: 33% · 12.9 miLittle Rock: 15% · 88.1 miPine Bluff: 7% · 127.6 miJasper: 4% · 29.7 miDumas: 4% · 164.6 miKnoxville: 4% · 18.7 miLondon: 4% · 24.3 miLamar: 4% · 13.7 miBella Vista: 4% · 73.3 miHot Springs: 4% · 82.5 miClarksville 33%Little Rock 15%Pine Bluff 7%Jasper 4%Dumas 4%Ozone
OzoneTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi1 residents
44%10–24 mi12 residents
11%25–50 mi3 residents
41%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 41% 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 Ozone: questions

What is the poverty rate in Ozone?

32.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Ozone work?

4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clarksville (33%, 13 mi), Little Rock (15%, 88 mi), Pine Bluff (7%, 128 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Ozone

Ozone home →

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.