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Commuting in Benton, 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 Benton: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Benton spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 197 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 27% more time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.0 minutes.

Benton holds about 0.9% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Benton would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,442 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)
Benton 23.6 min 47.3 min 197 hrs/yr $6,105 2,253
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.

Benton Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.6 minutes to get to work in Benton. That's 5% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Benton

  • Car: 89.2%
  • Worked at Home: 9.3%
  • Walked: 1.0%
  • Other: 0.3%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Benton: 4.5 times less than the Arkansas average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Benton: 8.4 times less than the Arkansas average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Biking is essentially absent in Benton, versus 0.2% in Arkansas.

Commute Mode Trends in Benton, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Benton 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 Motorcycle Taxi Bicycle
2009 93.6% 3.6% 1.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 94.0% 3.7% 1.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 94.6% 3.4% 1.1% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 94.3% 3.3% 1.3% 0.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 95.3% 2.9% 0.8% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2014 96.2% 2.3% 0.8% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2015 96.5% 1.8% 0.7% 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2016 96.3% 1.7% 0.6% 0.9% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2017 96.7% 2.0% 0.1% 0.8% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2018 96.6% 2.1% 0.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 96.0% 2.2% 0.7% 0.9% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 95.8% 2.9% 0.5% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 93.9% 5.0% 0.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 93.2% 5.6% 0.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 91.0% 7.5% 1.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 89.2% 9.3% 1.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2017 at 96.7%. Overall it fell from 93.6% in 2009 to 89.2% in 2024, down 4.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Benton: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 9.3% in 2024, up 5.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.7% to 1.0% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Benton

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Benton?

The bars show when commuters in Benton 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
4.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
15.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
21.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
13.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
3.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.8%

Benton Arkansas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Benton is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are less common than in Arkansas: 12.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Arkansas: 56.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.8%) 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 Benton, 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 Benton 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 Benton 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 Benton Arkansas United States
2009 7:23 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:24 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:20 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:23 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:26 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:27 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:25 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:31 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:27 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:26 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:23 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:23 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:22 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:20 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:19 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:17 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Benton were on the road by 7:17 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:23 AM). The shift is sharper than across Arkansas, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Benton now leave 21 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 Benton has moved 5 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Benton in the whole series.

How does Benton's commute time compare?

Metric Benton Arkansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.6 min 18.6 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.3% 8.8% 15.0%
Walked 1.0% 1.4% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Benton is 23.6 minutes, longer than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Arkansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Benton, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Benton, AR compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Benton, AR 27,771 23.6 min #1/2 9.3% #1/2 7:17 AM #1/2
Bryant, AR 20,968 23.9 min 8.5% 7:22 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Benton, Arkansas.

Is living in Benton, Arkansas good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 197 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,105 at a typical national wage. That's 27% more than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Benton, Arkansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Benton, Arkansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Benton, Arkansas?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Arkansas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.