Work & commute · Mountain Home

Work & commute in Mountain Home, AR

52% of Mountain Home’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (3%), Fayetteville (2%) and Bentonville (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

2,521 of 4,846 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,325 Mountain Home residents head out of town to work, 2,521 work right here, and 9,255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain Home.

2,325live here, work elsewhere

2,521live and work here

9,255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain Home goes to work

Mountain Home (in town)right here

52%2,521

Little Rock111.2 mi away

3%136

Fayetteville101 mi away

2%120

Bentonville102.8 mi away

2%100

Springdale99.1 mi away

2%73

Flippin12.3 mi away

1%66

Harrison41.3 mi away

1%65

Rogers98.4 mi away

1%63

Gassville6.7 mi away

1%61

Midway6.4 mi away

1%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,580

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

How far

How far Mountain Home commutes

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

65%

26%

65%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain Home is a job hub

2.43jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain Home are

11,776 jobs are based in Mountain Home. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain Home’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountain Home

11,776 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Mountain Home residents hold

4,846 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+21%

Jobs based in Mountain Home, 2013 → 2023: 9,751 → 11,776. 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.