Work & commute · Mountainburg

Work & commute in Mountainburg, AR

Most working residents leave Mountainburg for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (25%), Van Buren (13%) and Alma (11%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 145 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 141 Mountainburg residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountainburg.

141live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountainburg goes to work

Fort Smith23.8 mi away

25%36

Van Buren17.4 mi away

13%19

Alma11.2 mi away

11%16

Fayetteville29.1 mi away

5%7

Rogers46.2 mi away

4%6

Little Rock120.2 mi away

4%6

Mountainburg (in town)right here

3%4

Bentonville48.7 mi away

3%4

Springdale37.4 mi away

2%3

Paragould206.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%42

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

How far

How far Mountainburg commutes

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

10%

48%

23%

19%

10%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountainburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountainburg are

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

Jobs based in Mountainburg

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Mountainburg residents hold

145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−1%

Jobs based in Mountainburg, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 151. 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.