Yarborough Landing has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
14 jobs are based in Yarborough Landing for 174 working residents. Only 1% work in Yarborough Landing; the top destination outside it is Ashdown (21%, 7 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 63 minutes; Arkansas averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Yarborough Landing
On a workday 172 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Yarborough Landing on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Yarborough Landing work
Where Yarborough Landing clocks in
21% of workers
17% 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.
Most jobs in Yarborough Landing are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yarborough Landing, 2014 → 2024: 41 → 14. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yarborough Landing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 63 minutes to work from Yarborough Landing
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 20.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yarborough Landing workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 160 commuters (the 6% 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 Yarborough Landing’s workers travel
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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Yarborough Landing: questions
What is the median household income in Yarborough Landing?
$43,750 (±$41,905) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yarborough Landing?
27.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yarborough Landing?
63 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yarborough Landing work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashdown (21%, 7 mi), Texarkana (17%, 19 mi), Texarkana (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Yarborough Landing 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 Yarborough Landing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yarborough Landing
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.