Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Victoria has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 17 people commute in to work
Hardly any work in Victoria itself; outside it, Jonesboro draws the most (38%, 35 miles). 17 jobs are based in Victoria, and 8 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Victoria, and who commutes in
On a workday 8 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 26 people are in Victoria on a workday afternoon, 53% more 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.
Who travels to work in Victoria, and from where
Where Victoria clocks in
38% of workers
25% 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.
A place that makes things: 100% of Victoria’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Victoria, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 17. 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 Victoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Victoria
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 Victoria: questions
Where do people who live in Victoria work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jonesboro (38%, 35 mi), Osceola (25%, 6 mi), Bald Knob (13%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Victoria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Victoria
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.