Photo: Sector001 · CC BY-SA 3.0Arbela at work: jobs, income and the commute
Hardly any work in Arbela; the top destination outside it is Memphis (33%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Missouri 13%). The Census job records count 9 working residents of Arbela and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Arbela
On a workday 9 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14 people are in Arbela on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where Arbela’s working residents head each day
Where Arbela clocks in
33% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Working from home in Arbela
of Arbela workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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 commute from Arbela, by distance
About 33% 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 Arbela: questions
What is the poverty rate in Arbela?
54.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Arbela work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (33%, 8 mi), Cuba (11%, 169 mi), Richmond (11%, 132 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arbela without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 40% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arbela, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arbela
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.