Photo: Brian Stansberry (photographer) · CC BY 4.0Most of Arbyrd commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 30 jobs in Arbyrd for 129 working residents. Only 2% work in Arbyrd; the top destination outside it is Paragould (25%, 15 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Arbyrd, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 126 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Arbyrd on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where Arbyrd’s working residents head each day
Where Arbyrd clocks in
25% 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.
What Arbyrd’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arbyrd, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 30. 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 Arbyrd’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way for Arbyrd’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arbyrd workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 167 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Arbyrd
About 27% 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.
Arbyrd and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Buffalo Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arbyrd workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbyrd | – | — | — | 21 min | $37,000 |
| Buffalo Township | 3% | D− | D | 17 min | $24,537 |
| Salem Township | 2% | D− | C | 27 min | $40,352 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Arbyrd’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 Arbyrd: questions
What is the median household income in Arbyrd?
$37,000 (±$17,881) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arbyrd?
27.1%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arbyrd?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arbyrd work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paragould (25%, 15 mi), Kennett (6%, 17 mi), Clay Township (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arbyrd without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arbyrd, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arbyrd
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.