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Jobs & commute in Perrytown

Perrytown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

There are 2 jobs in Perrytown, against 83 working residents. Hardly any stay in Perrytown for work; outside it, Hope is the main destination (20%, 4 miles). 1% of workers work from home, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%.

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

Day and night

How many people are in Perrytown by day

On a workday 83 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

83live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night220
Workday140
220live here− 83head out to work+ 2come in to work= 140on a workday

About 140 people are in Perrytown on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs 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 Perrytown goes to work

Blevins: 1 residents work here (1%)PerrytownBluff City: 1 residents work here (1%)Dumas: 1 residents work here (1%)Nashville: 3 residents work here (4%)Prescott: 9 residents work here (11%)Hope: 17 residents work here (20%)Camden: 2 residents work here (2%)Texarkana: 3 residents work here (4%)Little Rock: 6 residents work here (7%)Texarkana: 3 residents work here (4%)HopePrescottLittle RockNashvilleTexarkanaTexarkanaPerrytown
1
Hope3.8 mi away
20%17
2
Prescott11 mi away
11%9
3
Little Rock97.7 mi away
7%6
4
Nashville24.9 mi away
4%3
5
Texarkana31.8 mi away
4%3
6
Texarkana, TX36.1 mi away
4%3
7
Camden40.3 mi away
2%2
8
Blevins12.3 mi away
1%1
9
Bluff City23.6 mi away
1%1
10
Dumas118.2 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%37
The top trips

Where Perrytown 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

Mostly health care, schools and offices in Perrytown

Jobs based in PerrytownJobs Perrytown residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%34%
Trade, transport & utilities0%31%
Services: health, schools, offices100%35%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%41%
Over $3,333 a month50%39%

Who does it

29 or younger0%29%
30 to 54100%45%
55 and older0%27%
−85%

Jobs based in Perrytown, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 2. 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 Perrytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 21 minutes each way, about the AR average

A year of commuting
164 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Perrytown21 min
Arkansas23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
1%

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

About 0 in 10
How Perrytown gets to work
75%Drive alone
17%Carpool
8%Other

Share of the 88 commuters (the 1% 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 distance from Perrytown to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHope: 20% · 3.8 miPrescott: 11% · 11 miLittle Rock: 7% · 97.7 miNashville: 4% · 24.9 miTexarkana: 4% · 31.8 miTexarkana: 4% · 36.1 miCamden: 2% · 40.3 miBlevins: 1% · 12.3 miBluff City: 1% · 23.6 miDumas: 1% · 118.2 miHope 20%Prescott 11%Little Rock 7%Nashville 4%Texarkana 4%Perrytown
PerrytownTop destinations (size = commuters)
42%Under 10 mi35 residents
16%10–24 mi13 residents
16%25–50 mi13 residents
27%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 27% 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 Perrytown: questions

What is the median household income in Perrytown?

$56,250 (±$17,487) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Perrytown?

7.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Perrytown?

21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Perrytown work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hope (20%, 4 mi), Prescott (11%, 11 mi), Little Rock (7%, 98 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Perrytown

Perrytown 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.