Where Fountain Hill earns its living
Only 3% work in Fountain Hill itself; outside it, Crossett draws the most (30%, 17 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%. The average commute takes 26 minutes each way, where Arkansas has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Fountain Hill for work, and who comes in
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Fountain Hill on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Fountain Hill’s workforce comes from
Where Fountain Hill clocks in
30% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Fountain Hill is a services town
59 jobs are based in Fountain Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fountain Hill, 2014 → 2024: 78 → 59. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fountain Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Fountain Hill: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fountain Hill workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Fountain Hill
About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fountain Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Fountain Hill?
$26,667 (±$10,387) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fountain Hill?
14.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fountain Hill?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fountain Hill work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crossett (30%, 17 mi), Monticello (8%, 19 mi), North Crossett (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Fountain Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fountain Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fountain Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.