Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0About half of Uniontown’s working residents commute to Fort Smith
Employers in Uniontown report 3 jobs, against 44 working residents. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Arkansas 9%). Hardly any stay in Uniontown for work; outside it, Fort Smith is the main destination (45%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Uniontown for work, and who comes in
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Uniontown on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.07 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 Uniontown’s residents
Where Uniontown clocks in
45% of workers
18% 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.
100% of the jobs in Uniontown make or build things
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 Uniontown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Uniontown
of Uniontown workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Uniontown
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 Uniontown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Uniontown?
0.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Uniontown work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Uniontown 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 Uniontown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Uniontown
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.