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Jobs & commute in Saratoga

Earning a living in Saratoga

Saratoga has 53 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Hardly any work in Saratoga; the top destination outside it is Nashville (36%, 15 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Saratoga by day

On a workday 53 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

53live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night18
Workday0
18live here− 53head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Saratoga on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 commute map

The places Saratoga commutes to

Gillham: 1 residents work here (2%)Mineral Springs: 2 residents work here (4%)Lockesburg: 1 residents work here (2%)Waldron: 2 residents work here (4%)Nashville: 19 residents work here (36%)De Queen: 1 residents work here (2%)Prescott: 2 residents work here (4%)Hope: 3 residents work here (6%)Paragould: 2 residents work here (4%)Texarkana: 3 residents work here (6%)SaratogaNashvilleHopeTexarkanaMineral SpringsWaldronPrescottSaratoga
1
Nashville14.6 mi away
36%19
2
Hope18.7 mi away
6%3
3
Texarkana, TX22.3 mi away
6%3
4
Mineral Springs9.9 mi away
4%2
5
Waldron81.4 mi away
4%2
6
Prescott29.8 mi away
4%2
7
Paragould250.2 mi away
4%2
8
Gillham38 mi away
2%1
9
Lockesburg22.8 mi away
2%1
10
De Queen32.9 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%17
The top trips

Where Saratoga clocks in

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.

How far

How far Saratoga’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miNashville: 36% · 14.6 miHope: 6% · 18.7 miTexarkana: 6% · 22.3 miMineral Springs: 4% · 9.9 miWaldron: 4% · 81.4 miPrescott: 4% · 29.8 miParagould: 4% · 250.2 miGillham: 2% · 38 miLockesburg: 2% · 22.8 miDe Queen: 2% · 32.9 miNashville 36%Hope 6%Texarkana 6%Mineral Springs 4%Waldron 4%Saratoga
SaratogaTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi2 residents
68%10–24 mi36 residents
9%25–50 mi5 residents
19%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 19% 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.

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 Saratoga: questions

What is the poverty rate in Saratoga?

0.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Saratoga work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (36%, 15 mi), Hope (6%, 19 mi), Texarkana (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Saratoga

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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.