Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 4.0Tucker has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. There are 2 jobs in Tucker; 21 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Tucker itself; outside it, Pine Bluff draws the most (33%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Tucker
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 54 people are in Tucker on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Tucker goes to work
Where Tucker clocks in
33% of workers
19% of workers
14% 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.
In Tucker, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tucker, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 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 Tucker’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Tucker
of Tucker workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 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 it is to work from Tucker
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 Tucker: questions
What is the poverty rate in Tucker?
35.6%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Tucker work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine Bluff (33%, 16 mi), Stuttgart (19%, 23 mi), Little Rock (14%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tucker without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 62% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tucker, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tucker
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.