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Clark County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Clark 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 Clark County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Clark County spend about 30 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 126 hours, about 5.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% less time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 3.5 minutes.

Clark County holds about 0.7% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Clark County would save about 50 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,562 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)
Clark County 15.1 min 30.2 min 126 hrs/yr $3,904 342
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.

Commute Time Map: Arkansas Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Arkansas
  1. Arkansas County (11.9 min)
  2. Phillips County (13.2 min)
  3. Howard County (13.4 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Arkansas
  1. Perry County (32.2 min)
  2. Newton County (31.6 min)
  3. Madison County (31.1 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Clark County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 15.1 minutes to get to work in Clark County. That's 33% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 5 fastest counties in Arkansas

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 6.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Clark County

  • Car: 86.1%
  • Walked: 6.1% unusually high
  • Worked at Home: 6.0%
  • Other: 1.3%
  • Public Transportation: 0.4%
  • Taxi: 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Clark County: 10.0 times less than the Arkansas average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Walking is unusually common in Clark County: 4.4 times more than the Arkansas average (6.1% vs 1.4%).

Biking is essentially absent in Clark County, versus 0.2% in Arkansas.

Clark County stands out for active commuting: 6.1% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.0 times the Arkansas average of 1.5%.

Commute Mode Trends in Clark County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Clark 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 Walked Worked at Home Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 89.7% 4.8% 2.8% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 1.4%
2010 90.3% 4.5% 2.9% 1.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.6%
2011 88.7% 3.6% 3.6% 2.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.6%
2012 89.9% 3.2% 3.9% 2.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.6%
2013 90.1% 3.5% 3.6% 2.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.3%
2014 88.8% 4.5% 4.7% 1.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
2015 89.9% 4.1% 4.3% 1.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
2016 91.4% 3.8% 3.9% 0.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2017 91.4% 3.7% 3.8% 0.6% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2018 90.5% 4.2% 3.8% 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2019 91.2% 4.5% 2.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 89.7% 5.3% 3.6% 0.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2021 89.7% 5.2% 3.9% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2022 86.0% 7.0% 5.4% 1.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 86.5% 6.7% 5.2% 1.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 86.1% 6.1% 6.0% 1.3% 0.4% 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 was highest in 2016 at 91.4% and lowest in 2022 at 86.0%. Overall it fell from 89.7% in 2009 to 86.1% in 2024, down 3.6 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Clark County: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 6.0% in 2024, up 3.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 1.4% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Clark County

  • Night OwlThe 2nd-latest start among Arkansas's 75 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:42 AM.
  • Sleeping InThe 3rd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Arkansas's 75 counties: 27.4% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Clark County?

The bars show when commuters in Clark 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
5.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
2.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
8.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
17.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
11.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
9.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Clark County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across Arkansas. Early starts are less common than in Arkansas: 12.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Arkansas: 48.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.4%) 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 Clark 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 Clark 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 Clark 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 Clark County Arkansas United States
2009 7:50 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:47 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:47 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:45 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:47 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:45 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:41 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:42 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:39 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:33 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:36 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:42 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:35 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:37 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:44 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:42 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Clark County were on the road by 7:42 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:50 AM). The shift is sharper than across Arkansas, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Clark County now leave 4 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Clark County has moved 7 minutes later.

How does Clark County's commute time compare?

Metric Clark County Arkansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 15.1 min 18.6 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 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 6.0% 8.8% 15.0%
Walked 6.1% 1.4% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.4% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Clark County is 15.1 minutes, shorter than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.

0.4% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 6.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Arkansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Clark County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Clark County, AR is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 21,125 residents against a local median of 10,113. Clark County, AR's work from home, at 6.0%, runs 38% above the 4.3% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 15.1 min against a local median of 22.4 min, 32% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 32% below the local median it puts Clark County, AR at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 6.8% on work from home, so Clark County, AR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Clark County, AR has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Clark County, AR 21,125 15.1 min #1/6 6.0% #2/6 7:42 AM #6/6
Hot Spring County, AR 33,176 26.5 min 4.3% 7:17 AM
Nevada County, AR 8,159 22.4 min 0.9% 7:30 AM
Pike County, AR 10,113 21.7 min 4.8% 7:10 AM
Garland County, AR 100,035 17.2 min 7.7% 7:37 AM
Dallas County, AR 6,237 22.6 min 1.8% 7:03 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Clark County, Arkansas.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Clark County, Arkansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 126 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,904 at a typical national wage. That's 19% less than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Clark County, Arkansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Clark 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.

Which counties in Arkansas have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).