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Jobs & commute in Rockport

Work and commuting in Rockport

The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, next to 23 for Arkansas and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Rockport report 190 jobs for 269 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, 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

190 jobs based here
Household income
$69K
median · Arkansas $61K
Poverty
35.3%
Arkansas 16.0%
Unemployment
0.8%
Arkansas 4.9% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
24 min
Arkansas 23 · U.S. 26
Work in town
1%
3 of 269 working residents
Work from home
6%
Arkansas 9% · U.S. 15%
What stands out

What sets Rockport apart on work

15% · 19%to and from Malvern
★ What stands out · The commute map

15% of working residents work in Malvern

RockportArkadelphia: 5 residents work here (2%)Malvern: 40 residents work here (15%)Sheridan: 4 residents work here (1%)Benton: 18 residents work here (7%)CabotBryant: 8 residents work here (3%)Hot Springs: 30 residents work here (11%)Springdale: 4 residents work here (1%)Little Rock: 40 residents work here (15%)Fort SmithNorth Little Rock: 13 residents work here (5%)Magnet CovePineyMalvernLittle RockHot SpringsBentonNorth Little RockBryantRockport
1
Malvern2.5 mi away
15%40
2
Little Rock33.5 mi away
15%40
3
Hot Springs15.2 mi away
11%30
4
Benton17.6 mi away
7%18
5
North Little Rock41.4 mi away
5%13
6
Bryant23 mi away
3%8
7
Arkadelphia24.6 mi away
2%5
8
Sheridan21.3 mi away
1%4
9
Springdale145 mi away
1%4
10
Rockport (in town)right here
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%104
The top trips

Where Rockport clocks in

15% of workers
2.5 mi awayMalvern40 Rockport residents work here · Jobs & commute →
15% of workers
33.5 mi awayLittle Rock40 Rockport residents work here · Jobs & commute →
11% of workers
15.2 mi awayHot Springs30 Rockport residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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.

Day and night

In and out of Rockport on a workday

On a workday 266 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.

266live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
187work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night710
Workday630
710live here− 270head out to work+ 190come in to work= 630on a workday

About 630 people are in Rockport on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.71jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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 jobs

The kinds of work in Rockport

Jobs based in RockportJobs Rockport residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms12%23%
Trade, transport & utilities49%21%
Services: health, schools, offices39%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month54%36%
Over $3,333 a month28%50%

Who does it

29 or younger32%22%
30 to 5454%53%
55 and older14%25%
+61%

Jobs based in Rockport, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 190. 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 Rockport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Rockport’s commute takes about 24 minutes

A year of commuting
183 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Rockport24 min
Arkansas23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

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

About 1 in 10
How Rockport gets to work
81%Drive alone
11%Carpool
6%Walk
1%Bike

Share of the 229 commuters (the 6% 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 Rockport to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMalvern: 15% · 2.5 miLittle Rock: 15% · 33.5 miHot Springs: 11% · 15.2 miBenton: 7% · 17.6 miNorth Little Rock: 5% · 41.4 miBryant: 3% · 23 miArkadelphia: 2% · 24.6 miSheridan: 1% · 21.3 miSpringdale: 1% · 145 miMalvern 15%Little Rock 15%Hot Springs 11%Benton 7%North Little Rock 5%Rockport
RockportTop destinations (size = commuters)
30%Under 10 mi80 residents
29%10–24 mi77 residents
25%25–50 mi66 residents
16%Over 50 mi44 residents

About 16% 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.

Next door

The towns next door employ 15% of Rockport

Malvern: 15% of workers work hereMalvernRockport
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Malvern15% of Rockport works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownRockport workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Rockport–——24 min$68,750
Malvern15%C−B22 min$46,250

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Malvern. Darker towns draw more of Rockport’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Rockport: questions

What is the median household income in Rockport?

$68,750 (±$21,592) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Rockport?

35.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Rockport?

24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Rockport work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malvern (15%, 2 mi), Little Rock (15%, 34 mi), Hot Springs (11%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Rockport without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Rockport, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Rockport

Rockport home →
$844median rent
HousingLive where you work?Homes and rent in Rockport
24min commute
HandbookGetting around RockportRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in ARShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.