Jobs and the daily commute in Vanndale
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Arkansas has 9%. Hardly any work in Vanndale; the top destination outside it is Wynne (22%, 6 miles). The Census job records count 130 working residents of Vanndale and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Vanndale for work, and who comes in
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Vanndale on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
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.
Where Vanndale goes to work
Where Vanndale clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
Working from home in Vanndale
of Vanndale workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 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 commute from Vanndale, by distance
About 27% 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 Vanndale: questions
What is the poverty rate in Vanndale?
40.7%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Vanndale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wynne (22%, 6 mi), Jonesboro (10%, 35 mi), Forrest City (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vanndale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vanndale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vanndale
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.