Devil's Den State Park Historic District · Photo: jaystout · CC BY 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Winslow works elsewhere
There are 36 jobs in Winslow, against 153 working residents. Only 1% stay in Winslow for work; outside it, Fayetteville is the main destination (32%, 19 miles). Working residents average 29 minutes each way (Arkansas 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Winslow for work, and who comes in
On a workday 151 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Winslow on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Commuting out of Winslow: the destinations
Where Winslow clocks in
32% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Winslow: what the 36 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winslow, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 36. 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 Winslow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Winslow, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winslow workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 commuters (the 12% 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 Winslow’s workers travel
About 15% 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 Winslow: questions
What is the median household income in Winslow?
$42,292 (±$12,353) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winslow?
15.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winslow?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winslow work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fayetteville (32%, 19 mi), Springdale (15%, 27 mi), Bentonville (6%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winslow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winslow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winslow
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.