Commuting in Arkansas County, Arkansas: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Arkansas County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Arkansas County spend about 24 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 99 hours, about 4.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 36% less time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 6.7 minutes.
Arkansas County holds about 0.5% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Arkansas County would save about 40 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,226 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Arkansas County
11.9 min
23.7 min
99 hrs/yr
$3,065
447
Arkansas
18.6 min
37.2 min
155 hrs/yr
$4,807
912
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
11.9
minutes to get to work in
Arkansas County.
That's 47% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Fastest county in Arkansas
The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 2.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Arkansas County
Car:
94.3%
Worked at Home:
2.8%unusually low
Walked:
1.8%
Other:
1.0%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Arkansas County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.
Public transit is unusually rare in Arkansas County: 6.3 times less than the Arkansas average (0.0% vs 0.3%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Arkansas County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.
Working from home is unusually rare in Arkansas County: 3.1 times less than the Arkansas average (2.8% vs 8.8%).
Biking is essentially absent in Arkansas County, versus 0.2% in Arkansas.
Commute Mode Trends in Arkansas County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Arkansas County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
94.2%
2.0%
2.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.6%
2010
93.2%
2.4%
3.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
2011
92.7%
2.4%
3.7%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.3%
2012
92.6%
2.5%
3.3%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.4%
0.3%
2013
94.2%
2.9%
1.3%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
2014
93.8%
3.0%
1.2%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
2015
93.9%
2.4%
2.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.7%
2016
93.0%
2.7%
2.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.9%
2017
92.4%
3.1%
3.1%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2018
92.4%
2.6%
3.3%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2019
93.4%
2.2%
3.2%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
94.4%
2.3%
2.0%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.9%
2.2%
1.6%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
95.9%
2.2%
1.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
96.8%
1.9%
0.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
94.3%
2.8%
1.8%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2023 at 96.8% and lowest in 2017 at 92.4%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 94.2% in 2009 and 94.3% in 2024. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Arkansas County: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 2.8% in 2024, up 0.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.5% to 1.8% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Arkansas County
🚦Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among Arkansas's 75 counties: 58.8% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Arkansas County?
The bars show when commuters in Arkansas County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Arkansas for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMArkansas County4.6%Arkansas5.6%
4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMArkansas County3.4%Arkansas4.1%
3.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMArkansas County6.0%Arkansas5.2%
6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMArkansas County10.2%Arkansas9.3%
10.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMArkansas County17.0%Arkansas11.2%
17.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMArkansas County16.8%Arkansas17.5%
16.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMArkansas County16.7%Arkansas13.9%
16.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMArkansas County8.3%Arkansas9.2%
8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMArkansas County1.2%Arkansas3.6%
1.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMArkansas County3.9%Arkansas4.5%
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMArkansas County1.5%Arkansas2.2%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMArkansas County0.4%Arkansas1.1%
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMArkansas County6.8%Arkansas6.2%
6.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMArkansas County3.3%Arkansas6.4%
3.3%
Arkansas CountyArkansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Arkansas County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 17.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.2% across Arkansas. Early starts are about as common as in Arkansas: 14.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Arkansas: 58.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.8%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Arkansas County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Arkansas County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Arkansas County next to Arkansas and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Arkansas County
Arkansas
United States
2009
7:26 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:23 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:23 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:22 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:14 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:13 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:12 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:15 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:18 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:17 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:18 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:14 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:11 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:07 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:09 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:16 AM
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Arkansas County were on the road by 7:16 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:26 AM). The shift is sharper than across Arkansas, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Arkansas County now leave 22 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Arkansas County has moved 3 minutes earlier.
How does Arkansas County's commute time compare?
Metric
Arkansas County
Arkansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
11.9 min
18.6 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
2.8%
8.8%
15.0%
Walked
1.8%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Arkansas County is 11.9 minutes, shorter than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 1.8% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Arkansas.
Arkansas County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Arkansas County, AR is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 16,514 residents against a local median of 12,948. The measure that sets Arkansas County, AR apart most is one-way commute: 11.9 min, 34% below the local median of 18.1 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 2.8% against a local median of 4.2%, 32% below it. The counties themselves spread 13.4 min on one-way commute, so Arkansas County, AR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Arkansas County, AR has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
Is living in Arkansas County, Arkansas good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 99 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,065 at a typical national wage. That's 36% less than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Arkansas County, Arkansas?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Arkansas County, Arkansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Arkansas County, Arkansas?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Arkansas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across counties in Arkansas?
Among counties in Arkansas, the shortest average commutes are in Arkansas County (11.9 min), Phillips County (13.2 min), Howard County (13.4 min). The longest are in Perry County (32.2 min), Newton County (31.6 min), Madison County (31.1 min).