Sardis has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Sardis has 27 jobs, against 396 working residents. Hardly any work in Sardis itself; outside it, Little Rock draws the most (42%, 14 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes; Arkansas averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Sardis apart on work
Sardis is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in Sardis, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sardis has about 520 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
42% of Sardis works in Little Rock
167 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Little Rock, 14 miles away. That’s far more as work in Sardis itself. The commute map ↓
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 396 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Sardis, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 396 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Sardis on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Where the trip to work from Sardis ends
Where Sardis clocks in
42% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 33% of Sardis’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sardis, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 27. 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 Sardis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Sardis: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sardis workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 204 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Sardis commutes less than 16 miles
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 Sardis: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sardis?
45.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sardis?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sardis work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Rock (42%, 14 mi), Benton (8%, 10 mi), North Little Rock (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sardis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sardis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sardis
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.