Work & commute · Blue Mountain

Work & commute in Blue Mountain, AR

Most working residents leave Blue Mountain for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (37%), Booneville (16%) and Magazine (11%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 19 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19 Blue Mountain residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Mountain.

19live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Mountain goes to work

Fort Smith39.9 mi away

37%7

Booneville11.4 mi away

16%3

Magazine5.4 mi away

11%2

Mansfield29.7 mi away

5%1

Paris11 mi away

5%1

Ozark26.6 mi away

5%1

Wynne165.5 mi away

5%1

Pine Bluff115.6 mi away

5%1

Rogers85.5 mi away

5%1

Springdale77.2 mi away

5%1

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Blue Mountain commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

11%

21%

47%

21%

11%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

47%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Mountain is a job hub

2.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Mountain are

48 jobs are based in Blue Mountain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blue Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blue Mountain

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Blue Mountain residents hold

19 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+336%

Jobs based in Blue Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 48. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.