Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Peach Orchard has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Peach Orchard itself; outside it, Corning draws the most (17%, 10 miles). Employers in Peach Orchard report 4 jobs; 30 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all, 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
Who commutes out of Peach Orchard, and who commutes in
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 77 people are in Peach Orchard on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Peach Orchard to work: where people go
Where Peach Orchard clocks in
17% 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.
Peach Orchard works in goods: 75% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Peach Orchard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes to work from Peach Orchard
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peach Orchard workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33 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 Peach Orchard goes to work
About 17% 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.
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 Peach Orchard: questions
What is the poverty rate in Peach Orchard?
20.9%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peach Orchard?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peach Orchard work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corning (17%, 10 mi), Paragould (13%, 18 mi), Jonesboro (13%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peach Orchard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peach Orchard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peach Orchard
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.