Phillips County Penal Farm Historic District · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Poplar Grove commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole. 19 jobs are based in Poplar Grove, and 59 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Poplar Grove for work; outside it, Helena-West Helena is the main destination (25%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Poplar Grove
On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Poplar Grove on a workday afternoon, 16% 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 Poplar Grove’s residents
Where Poplar Grove clocks in
25% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Poplar Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Poplar Grove, 2014 → 2024: 19 → 19. 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 Poplar Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Poplar Grove
of Poplar Grove workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25 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 it is to work from Poplar Grove
About 31% 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 Poplar Grove: questions
What is the poverty rate in Poplar Grove?
46.7%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Poplar Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Helena-West Helena (25%, 13 mi), Marvell (5%, 4 mi), Marianna (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Poplar Grove 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 Poplar Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Poplar Grove
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.