Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki (thomasmachnitzki.com) · CC BY 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Parkin works elsewhere
Employers in Parkin report 94 jobs, and 254 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% stay in Parkin for work; outside it, Memphis is the main destination (18%, 35 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Parkin
Parkin’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Parkin is Memphis, TN, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (45) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Parkin workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 254 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Parkin’s workers travel
About 24% 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 long Parkin spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parkin workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 187 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.
Parkin quiets down on a workday
On a workday 236 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Parkin on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Commuting out of Parkin: the destinations
Where Parkin clocks in
18% 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.
The kinds of work in Parkin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parkin, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 94. 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 Parkin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 8% of Parkin workers work outside Arkansas. The job records count 20% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Parkin: questions
What is the median household income in Parkin?
$23,942 (±$5,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parkin?
22.6%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parkin?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parkin work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (18%, 35 mi), Wynne (13%, 13 mi), West Memphis (9%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Parkin without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parkin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parkin
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.