Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Weiner
Working residents average 21 minutes each way, where Arkansas has 23 and the U.S. 26. About one in ten stay in Weiner for work; outside it, Jonesboro is the main destination (23%, 19 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers (Arkansas 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Weiner at work: what stands out
Weiner and Jonesboro trade workers both ways
Jonesboro is the top workplace for Weiner residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Weiner come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Weiner than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Weiner fell from 400 in 2013 to 240 in 2023, −40%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 287 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Weiner’s residents
Where Weiner clocks in
23% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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 Weiner, 42% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
240 jobs are based in Weiner.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weiner, 2013 → 2023: 400 → 240. 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 Weiner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Weiner by day and by night
On a workday 258 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Weiner takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weiner workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 276 commuters (the 2% 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.
Miles to work from Weiner
About 28% 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 Weiner: questions
What is the median household income in Weiner?
$52,917 (±$11,843) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weiner?
12.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weiner?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weiner work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jonesboro (23%, 19 mi), Harrisburg (10%, 11 mi), Memphis (5%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Weiner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weiner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weiner
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.