Gillham House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Mountain Pine at work: jobs, income and the commute
Working residents average 22 minutes each way, where Arkansas has 23 and the U.S. 26. Only 1% work in Mountain Pine; the top destination outside it is Hot Springs (31%, 9 miles). Employers in Mountain Pine report 115 jobs; 188 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mountain Pine by day and by night
On a workday 186 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Mountain Pine on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The towns that employ Mountain Pine’s residents
Where Mountain Pine clocks in
31% of workers
13% 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.
Making and building: 73% of jobs based in Mountain Pine
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain Pine, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 115. 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 Mountain Pine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, about the AR average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountain Pine workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 222 commuters (the 3% 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.
The distance from Mountain Pine to work
About 25% 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 Mountain Pine: questions
What is the median household income in Mountain Pine?
$49,013 (±$32,922) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountain Pine?
19.8%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountain Pine?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountain Pine work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hot Springs (31%, 9 mi), Little Rock (13%, 48 mi), Piney (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mountain Pine 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 Mountain Pine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain Pine
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.