Work & commute · Fountain Lake

Work & commute in Fountain Lake, AR

Most working residents leave Fountain Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hot Springs (30%), Little Rock (13%) and Hot Springs Village (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 150 Fountain Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fountain Lake.

150live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fountain Lake goes to work

Hot Springs11.1 mi away

30%46

Little Rock32.9 mi away

13%19

Hot Springs Village4.3 mi away

9%13

North Little Rock40.7 mi away

4%6

Piney14.7 mi away

3%5

Benton19.9 mi away

3%4

Rockwell15.8 mi away

2%3

Fountain Lake (in town)right here

1%2

Bryant24.5 mi away

1%2

Rogers136.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%50

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

How far

How far Fountain Lake commutes

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

28%

40%

22%

28%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fountain Lake is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fountain Lake are

86 jobs are based in Fountain Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fountain Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fountain Lake

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Fountain Lake residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+15%

Jobs based in Fountain Lake, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 86. 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.