Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Pineville earns its living
Only 5% work in Pineville itself; outside it, Bentonville draws the most (12%, 18 miles). Working residents average 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. There are 373 jobs in Pineville, against 371 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Pineville apart
Fewer jobs are based in Pineville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Pineville fell from 2,061 in 2013 to 373 in 2023, −82%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A lot of Pineville workers cross into Arkansas
34% of Pineville workers work outside Missouri, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Bentonville (12%), Rogers (5%) and Springdale (4%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Pineville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 371 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What Pineville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pineville, 2013 → 2023: 2,061 → 373. 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 Pineville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Pineville ends
Where Pineville clocks in
12% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Pineville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pineville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 10% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Pineville
On a workday 354 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The distance from Pineville to work
About 17% 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.
The towns around Pineville
The biggest share goes to Anderson (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Pineville’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 Pineville: questions
What is the median household income in Pineville?
$30,978 (±$11,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pineville?
20.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pineville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pineville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bentonville (12%, 18 mi), Noel (6%, 6 mi), Anderson (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pineville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pineville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pineville
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.