Jobs, income and commuting in Mount Judea, AR
There are 45 jobs in Mount Judea; 30 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole. Only 3% work in Mount Judea; the top destination outside it is Jasper (20%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Mount Judea, and who commutes in
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 76 people are in Mount Judea on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.5 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Mount Judea live
Where Mount Judea clocks in
20% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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.
Mount Judea is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Mount Judea’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mount Judea
of Mount Judea workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 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 Mount Judea
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.
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 Mount Judea: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mount Judea?
32.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mount Judea work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (20%, 10 mi), Harrison (13%, 22 mi), Fayetteville (10%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Judea 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 Mount Judea, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Judea
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.