Where Winthrop earns its living
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 9% across Arkansas. Hardly any work in Winthrop; the top destination outside it is Horatio (12%, 8 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 64 minutes, next to 23 for Arkansas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Winthrop
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 74 people are in Winthrop on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Winthrop: the destinations
Where Winthrop clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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 commute of about 64 minutes in Winthrop
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 20.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winthrop workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 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.
The distance from Winthrop to work
About 26% 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 Winthrop: questions
What is the poverty rate in Winthrop?
0.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winthrop?
64 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winthrop work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Horatio (12%, 8 mi), Foreman (12%, 8 mi), Arkadelphia (7%, 76 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winthrop 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 Winthrop, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winthrop
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.