Photo: Paltron · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Mammoth Spring
Employers in Mammoth Spring report 267 jobs; 249 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average (Arkansas 23, U.S. 26). Below the poverty line: 34.3% of residents, next to 16.0% for Arkansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Mammoth Spring apart
The distance from Mammoth Spring to work
About 34% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Mammoth Spring on a workday afternoon
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Thayer
Where Mammoth Spring clocks in
13% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Mammoth Spring
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mammoth Spring’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Mammoth Spring spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mammoth Spring workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 335 commuters (the 13% 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.
Work next door: 13% of Mammoth Spring’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mammoth Spring workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mammoth Spring | – | — | — | 24 min | $32,863 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Thayer. Darker towns draw more of Mammoth Spring’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Mammoth Spring: questions
What is the median household income in Mammoth Spring?
$32,863 (±$6,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mammoth Spring?
34.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mammoth Spring?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mammoth Spring work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thayer (13%, 2 mi), West Plains (8%, 25 mi), Ash Flat (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mammoth Spring without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mammoth Spring, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mammoth Spring
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.