Darden-Gifford House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Rose Bud
Only 5% work in Rose Bud itself; outside it, Searcy draws the most (23%, 20 miles). Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average; Arkansas averages 23, the U.S. 26. 197 jobs are based in Rose Bud; 215 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Rose Bud
Fewer jobs are based in Rose Bud than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Rose Bud fell from 364 in 2013 to 197 in 2023, −46%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Rose Bud workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical 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; with 215 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The kinds of work in Rose Bud
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rose Bud, 2013 → 2023: 364 → 197. 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 Rose Bud’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Arkansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rose Bud workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 281 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who leaves Rose Bud for work, and who comes in
On a workday 205 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 187 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 (0.92 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 the trip to work from Rose Bud ends
Where Rose Bud clocks in
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.
Short hops and long hauls from Rose Bud
About 20% 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.
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 Rose Bud: questions
What is the median household income in Rose Bud?
$54,286 (±$5,673) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rose Bud?
11.7%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rose Bud?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rose Bud work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Searcy (23%, 20 mi), Little Rock (9%, 44 mi), Heber Springs (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rose Bud without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rose Bud, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rose Bud
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.