Rogers Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) · Photo: doug_wertman · CC BY 2.0Unemployment in Rogers (2.5%) is lower than in 77% of U.S. towns
About one in four stay in Rogers for work; outside it, Bentonville is the main destination (24%, 5 miles). For jobs and income Rogers is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average, where Arkansas has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rogers: the figures worth knowing
Most Rogers residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Rogers has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Rogers went from 27,024 in 2013 to 43,504 in 2023, +61%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Rogers works one town over
30% of working residents work in a town that borders Rogers: Bentonville (24%) and Lowell (6%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Rogers are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Arkansas. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arkansas worker. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Rogers gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Rogers’ grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (10.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rogers could be anywhere from B to A−.
The commute from Rogers, by distance
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.
The 43,504 jobs based in Rogers
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rogers, 2013 → 2023: 27,024 → 43,504. 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 Rogers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Rogers: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rogers workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32,270 commuters (the 14% 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.
Rogers fills up on a workday
On a workday 23,171 residents head out to work, 9,117 work right here, and 34,387 people come in from elsewhere.
About 88,000 people are in Rogers on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 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.
Where people from Rogers work
Where Rogers clocks in
24% of workers
9% 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.
Most trips from Rogers start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Arkansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 37,410 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). 3.3% of Rogers households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rogers’ commuters take a bus or train.
Rogers is 219th of 572 U.S. towns of 54,000 to 104,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
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| 82 | Bentonville AR | 63,057 | $113K | 5.2% | 3.1% | 43% | A |
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| 217 | Marysville WA | 77,686 | $104K | 8.1% | 3.9% | 9% | B+ |
| 218 | Wesley Chapel FL | 76,011 | $108K | 6.4% | 4.9% | 9% | B+ |
| 219 | Rogers AR | 76,956 | $87K | 10.5% | 2.5% | 28% | B+ |
| 220 | San Marcos CA | 94,908 | $109K | 9.2% | 4.6% | 13% | B+ |
| 221 | Framingham MA | 73,021 | $107K | 10.4% | 4.8% | 16% | B+ |
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| 371 | Springdale AR | 90,685 | $70K | 13.4% | 3.7% | 36% | B− |
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| 423 | Conway AR | 72,328 | $63K | 16.9% | 3.6% | 41% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 572 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Rogers, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
The towns next door employ 30% of Rogers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rogers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers | – | B+ | C+ | 18 min | $86,728 |
| Little Flock | under 1% | C | B | 18 min | $60,878 |
| Bentonville | 24% | A | B | 19 min | $112,792 |
| Cave Springs | under 1% | A | C− | 20 min | $146,473 |
| Lowell | 6% | A | C | 20 min | $95,527 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bentonville. Darker towns draw more of Rogers’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Rogers: questions
What is the median household income in Rogers?
$86,728 (±$4,087) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rogers?
10.5%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rogers?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rogers work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bentonville (24%, 5 mi), Springdale (12%, 9 mi), Fayetteville (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rogers walkable?
Rogers is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rogers without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rogers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rogers
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.