Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of St. Francis works elsewhere
St. Francis has 2 jobs; 66 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in St. Francis itself; outside it, Piggott draws the most (23%, 6 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (Arkansas 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in St. Francis by day
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in St. Francis on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Commuting out of St. Francis: the destinations
Where St. Francis clocks in
23% of workers
20% 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.
100% of the jobs in St. Francis pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Francis, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 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 St. Francis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in St. Francis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Francis workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from St. Francis
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.
How St. Francis compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Francis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis | – | — | — | 29 min | $37,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Francis’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 St. Francis: questions
What is the median household income in St. Francis?
$37,188 (±$5,337) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Francis?
11.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Francis?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Francis work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Piggott (23%, 6 mi), Paragould (20%, 35 mi), Rector (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Francis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Francis, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Francis
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.