Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Stephens commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Stephens report 77 jobs, and 295 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Stephens; the top destination outside it is Camden (21%, 16 miles). 0% of workers work from home, 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
Getting to work from Stephens, in brief
Stephens is a place people come home to
There are 77 jobs based in Stephens, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stephens has about 530 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Stephens workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 295 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Stephens
On a workday 284 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Stephens on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
How long Stephens spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stephens workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 372 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.
The towns that employ Stephens’ residents
Where Stephens clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 32% of jobs based in Stephens
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stephens, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 77. 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 Stephens’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Stephens
About 26% 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 Stephens: questions
What is the median household income in Stephens?
$61,518 (±$38,297) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stephens?
22.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stephens?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stephens work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Camden (21%, 16 mi), Magnolia (10%, 14 mi), El Dorado (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stephens without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stephens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stephens
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.