Little Rock draws more than half of Sweet Home’s working residents
Home is the office for 22% of workers, against 9% across Arkansas. Only 4% work in Sweet Home; the top destination outside it is Little Rock (60%, 8 miles). Working residents average 19 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sweet Home and work: the main findings
Sweet Home fills up on a workday
Sweet Home has 2,144 jobs, 7.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,800 people are in town, more than double the 940 who live here. Day and night ↓
More than half of Sweet Home works in Little Rock
168 working residents, 60%, have their main job in Little Rock, 7.5 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Sweet Home itself. The commute map ↓
Most Sweet Home residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 278 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Sweet Home on a workday afternoon
On a workday 268 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 2,134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Sweet Home on a workday afternoon, 199% more than live here.
7.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Sweet Home’s workforce comes from
Where Sweet Home clocks in
60% of workers
9% of workers
3% 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.
The commute from Sweet Home, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2,144 jobs are based in Sweet Home.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sweet Home, 2014 → 2024: 2,929 → 2,144. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sweet Home’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Sweet Home spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sweet Home workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 129 commuters (the 22% 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.
Around Sweet Home: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sweet Home workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Home | – | — | — | 19 min | — |
| College Station | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. College Station: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sweet Home’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 2024, 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 Sweet Home: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sweet Home?
48.1%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sweet Home?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sweet Home work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Sweet Home without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sweet Home, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sweet Home
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.