Parkdale Baptist Church-AS0051 · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Parkdale commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Parkdale has 13 jobs, and 45 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Parkdale for work; outside it, Crossett is the main destination (11%, 24 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all; Arkansas has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Parkdale, and who commutes in
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Parkdale on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
The towns that employ Parkdale’s residents
Where Parkdale clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Most jobs in Parkdale are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parkdale, 2014 → 2024: 15 → 13. 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 Parkdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Parkdale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parkdale workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 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.
The distance from Parkdale to work
About 43% 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 Parkdale: questions
What is the median household income in Parkdale?
$29,167 (±$20,204) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parkdale?
0.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parkdale?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parkdale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crossett (11%, 24 mi), Lake Village (7%, 21 mi), Eudora (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Parkdale without a car?
4% 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 Parkdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parkdale
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.