Redfield School Historic District · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Redfield works elsewhere
154 jobs are based in Redfield, and 608 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Redfield B; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 2% work in Redfield itself; outside it, Little Rock draws the most (32%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Redfield at work: what stands out
Redfield is a place people come home to
There are 154 jobs based in Redfield, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Redfield has about 1,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Redfield works in Little Rock
196 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Little Rock, 22 miles away. That’s 16 times as many as work in Redfield itself. The commute map ↓
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 608 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Redfield’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Redfield is better than 57% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Redfield’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($71,696, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Redfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Redfield could be anywhere from C to A−.
Redfield quiets down on a workday
On a workday 593 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Redfield on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The places Redfield commutes to
Where Redfield clocks in
32% of workers
19% of workers
5% 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 Redfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redfield, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 154. 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 Redfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Redfield’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redfield workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 589 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where in the region Redfield works
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.
Driving is how Redfield gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Redfield is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.0% across Arkansas, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 661 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of Redfield households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Redfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Redfield ranks: 1,787th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Roland AR | 1,147 | $175K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 587 | Wooster AR | 1,150 | $112K | 5.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,785 | Gibraltar WI | 1,288 | $104K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 20% | B |
| 1,786 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,787 | Redfield AR | 1,492 | $72K | 8.3% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,788 | North Liberty IN | 1,624 | $75K | 8.3% | 6.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,789 | Leslie MI | 1,937 | $74K | 12.9% | 3.1% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Redfield, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
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 Redfield: questions
What is the median household income in Redfield?
$71,696 (±$20,725) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redfield?
8.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redfield?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Rock (32%, 22 mi), Pine Bluff (19%, 18 mi), North Little Rock (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Redfield walkable?
Redfield is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Redfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Redfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redfield
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.