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Jobs & commute in Wabbaseka

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Wabbaseka works elsewhere

Hardly any stay in Wabbaseka for work; outside it, Little Rock is the main destination (21%, 41 miles). 4 jobs are based in Wabbaseka for 67 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Wabbaseka

On a workday 67 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

67live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night170
Workday110
170live here− 67head out to work+ 4come in to work= 110on a workday

About 110 people are in Wabbaseka on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Wabbaseka: the destinations

WabbasekaRectorHumphreyEngland: 1 residents work here (1%)Altheimer: 1 residents work here (1%)DeWitt: 1 residents work here (1%)Stuttgart: 9 residents work here (13%)Sheridan: 3 residents work here (4%)Searcy: 2 residents work here (3%)Pine Bluff: 13 residents work here (19%)Hot Springs: 2 residents work here (3%)Little Rock: 14 residents work here (21%)North Little Rock: 3 residents work here (4%)Little RockPine BluffStuttgartSheridanNorth Little RockSearcyWabbaseka
1
Little Rock40.9 mi away
21%14
2
Pine Bluff16.4 mi away
19%13
3
Stuttgart16.8 mi away
13%9
4
Sheridan37.1 mi away
4%3
5
North Little Rock38.5 mi away
4%3
6
Searcy61 mi away
3%2
7
Hot Springs72.2 mi away
3%2
8
England16.2 mi away
1%1
9
Altheimer3.7 mi away
1%1
10
DeWitt26.5 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%18
The top trips

Where Wabbaseka clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Goods, not services: 75% of the jobs in Wabbaseka

Jobs based in WabbasekaJobs Wabbaseka residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms75%25%
Trade, transport & utilities25%22%
Services: health, schools, offices0%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%48%
Over $3,333 a month25%43%

Who does it

29 or younger25%22%
30 to 5425%46%
55 and older50%31%
−56%

Jobs based in Wabbaseka, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 4. 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 Wabbaseka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Wabbaseka

Working from home
0%

of Wabbaseka workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Wabbaseka gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 108 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

Where in the region Wabbaseka works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLittle Rock: 21% · 40.9 miPine Bluff: 19% · 16.4 miStuttgart: 13% · 16.8 miSheridan: 4% · 37.1 miNorth Little Rock: 4% · 38.5 miSearcy: 3% · 61 miHot Springs: 3% · 72.2 miEngland: 1% · 16.2 miAltheimer: 1% · 3.7 miDeWitt: 1% · 26.5 miLittle Rock 21%Pine Bluff 19%Stuttgart 13%Sheridan 4%North Little Rock 4%Wabbaseka
WabbasekaTop destinations (size = commuters)
1%Under 10 mi1 residents
40%10–24 mi27 residents
37%25–50 mi25 residents
21%Over 50 mi14 residents

About 21% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Wabbaseka: questions

What is the median household income in Wabbaseka?

$38,917 (±$7,254) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Wabbaseka?

8.6%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Wabbaseka work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Rock (21%, 41 mi), Pine Bluff (19%, 16 mi), Stuttgart (13%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Wabbaseka 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 Wabbaseka, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Wabbaseka

Wabbaseka home →

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.