Photo: Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0Littlerock has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Littlerock C; getting around on foot earns it C−. 263 jobs are based in Littlerock for 524 working residents. 0% of workers work from home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Littlerock
Littlerock’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Littlerock is Los Angeles, 43 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (115) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Littlerock workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Littlerock workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 524 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Littlerock’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Littlerock is better than 34% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Littlerock’s grade up (6.9%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($56,792, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Littlerock’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Littlerock could be anywhere from C− to B.
How many miles Littlerock commutes
About 18% 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.
About 44 minutes to work from Littlerock
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Littlerock workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 524 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Littlerock for work, and who comes in
On a workday 515 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 254 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Littlerock on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
22% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Littlerock clocks in
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Littlerock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Littlerock, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 263. 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 Littlerock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Littlerock, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Littlerock is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 524 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.6% of Littlerock households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Littlerock’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Littlerock comes 3,039th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 19 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,037 | Golden Township MI | 1,704 | $67K | 6.8% | 12.8% | 11% | C |
| 3,038 | Mifflin Township PA | 1,077 | $66K | 10.3% | 2.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,039 | Littlerock CA | 1,398 | $57K | 6.9% | 3.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,040 | Blue Summit MO | 1,156 | $59K | 36.5% | 0.0% | 2% | C |
| 3,041 | Wiggins CO | 1,868 | $92K | 11.5% | 1.7% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Littlerock, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Littlerock and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Palmdale (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Littlerock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littlerock | – | C | C− | 44 min | $56,792 |
| Palmdale | 7% | C | B | 40 min | $81,770 |
| Sun Village | 1% | C− | C+ | 41 min | $72,173 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Littlerock’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Littlerock: questions
What is the median household income in Littlerock?
$56,792 (±$10,237) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Littlerock?
6.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Littlerock?
44 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Littlerock work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (22%, 43 mi), Lancaster (9%, 16 mi), Palmdale (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Littlerock walkable?
Littlerock is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Littlerock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Littlerock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Littlerock
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.