Work & commute · Mammoth Spring

Work & commute in Mammoth Spring, AR

Most working residents leave Mammoth Spring for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Thayer (13%), West Plains (8%) and Ash Flat (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

34 of 249 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 215 Mammoth Spring residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mammoth Spring.

215live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mammoth Spring goes to work

Mammoth Spring (in town)right here

14%34

Thayer, MO2.1 mi away

13%32

West Plains, MO24.8 mi away

8%19

Ash Flat18 mi away

6%16

Hardy12.4 mi away

4%10

Batesville50.2 mi away

4%10

Salem17.7 mi away

4%9

Jonesboro66.9 mi away

4%9

Little Rock130.4 mi away

4%9

Mountain Home48.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%95

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

How far

How far Mammoth Spring commutes

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

30%

22%

14%

34%

30%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mammoth Spring is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mammoth Spring are

267 jobs are based in Mammoth Spring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mammoth Spring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mammoth Spring

267 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Mammoth Spring residents hold

249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month36%

+3%

Jobs based in Mammoth Spring, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 267. 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.