Samuel D. Byrd Sr. Homestead · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Poyen
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average (Arkansas 23, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Poyen; the top destination outside it is Little Rock (28%, 32 miles). Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 9% across Arkansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Poyen: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 77 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
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 Poyen to work: where people go
Where Poyen clocks in
28% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
80 jobs are based in Poyen.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Poyen, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 80. 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 Poyen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Poyen: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Poyen workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 186 commuters (the 3% 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 many miles Poyen commutes
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 Poyen: questions
What is the median household income in Poyen?
$76,786 (±$17,335) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Poyen?
4.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Poyen?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Poyen work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Rock (28%, 32 mi), Malvern (6%, 11 mi), Sheridan (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Poyen 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 Poyen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Poyen
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.