El Dorado draws about two in five of Urbana’s working residents
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. Only 6% work in Urbana; the top destination outside it is El Dorado (42%, 13 miles). 145 jobs are based in Urbana; 90 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Urbana by day and by night
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Urbana on a workday afternoon, 37% more than live here.
1.6 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Urbana’s workforce comes from
Where Urbana clocks in
42% of workers
4% 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.
99% of the jobs in Urbana make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Urbana, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 145. 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 Urbana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Urbana
of Urbana workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 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 many miles Urbana commutes
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 Urbana: questions
What is the poverty rate in Urbana?
23.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Urbana work?
6% work in town.
Can you get around Urbana without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Urbana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Urbana
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.