Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Rye works elsewhere
Rye has 2 jobs; 35 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Rye itself; outside it, Warren draws the most (23%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 25% 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
A workday in Rye: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 35 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Rye on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 Rye commutes to
Where Rye clocks in
23% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Rye
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rye, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 2. 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 Rye’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rye
of Rye workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49 commuters (the 25% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Rye
About 23% 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 Rye: questions
What is the median household income in Rye?
$72,875 (±$52,841) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rye?
2.2%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rye work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (23%, 10 mi), Rison (9%, 18 mi), Little Rock (9%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rye without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rye, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rye
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.