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Jobs & commute in Staves

Work means Pine Bluff for about two in five of Staves’ working residents

Hardly any work in Staves; the top destination outside it is Pine Bluff (41%, 19 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. The Census job records count 34 working residents of Staves and no jobs based in it.

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

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Staves

On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

34live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday120
160live here− 34head out to work+ 0come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Staves on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Staves commutes to

Rison: 3 residents work here (9%)Star City: 3 residents work here (9%)Fordyce: 1 residents work here (3%)White Hall: 1 residents work here (3%)Mena: 1 residents work here (3%)Malvern: 1 residents work here (3%)Monticello: 1 residents work here (3%)El Dorado: 1 residents work here (3%)Pine Bluff: 14 residents work here (41%)North Little Rock: 2 residents work here (6%)StavesPine BluffRisonStar CityNorth Little RockFordyceWhite HallStaves
1
Pine Bluff19.4 mi away
41%14
2
Rison7.1 mi away
9%3
3
Star City26 mi away
9%3
4
North Little Rock51.8 mi away
6%2
5
Fordyce16.8 mi away
3%1
6
White Hall19.6 mi away
3%1
7
Mena117.9 mi away
3%1
8
Malvern38.8 mi away
3%1
9
Monticello39.7 mi away
3%1
10
El Dorado60.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
18%6
The top trips

Where Staves 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Staves

Working from home
0%

of Staves workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Staves gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 58 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.

How far

How far Staves’ workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPine Bluff: 41% · 19.4 miRison: 9% · 7.1 miStar City: 9% · 26 miNorth Little Rock: 6% · 51.8 miFordyce: 3% · 16.8 miWhite Hall: 3% · 19.6 miMena: 3% · 117.9 miMalvern: 3% · 38.8 miMonticello: 3% · 39.7 miEl Dorado: 3% · 60.5 miPine Bluff 41%Rison 9%Star City 9%North Little Rock 6%Fordyce 3%Staves
StavesTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi3 residents
56%10–24 mi19 residents
24%25–50 mi8 residents
12%Over 50 mi4 residents

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 Staves: questions

What is the poverty rate in Staves?

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

Where do people who live in Staves work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Staves without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 35% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Staves

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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.