Wilburn has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Wilburn; the top destination outside it is Heber Springs (20%, 8 miles). Employers in Wilburn report 7 jobs, against 41 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Wilburn, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Wilburn on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer 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.
Out of Wilburn to work: where people go
Where Wilburn 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.
Services make up most of the work in Wilburn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilburn, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 7. 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 Wilburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wilburn
of Wilburn workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 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 Wilburn 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 Wilburn: questions
What is the poverty rate in Wilburn?
8.1%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wilburn work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Heber Springs (20%, 8 mi), Batesville (15%, 23 mi), Searcy (12%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wilburn 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 Wilburn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilburn
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.