Commuting in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Crittenden County spend about 38 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 157 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% more time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.
Crittenden County holds about 1.6% of Arkansas's population and accounts for roughly 1.6% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Crittenden County would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,945 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)
Crittenden County
18.8 min
37.6 min
157 hrs/yr
$4,863
1,586
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
18.8
minutes to get to work in
Crittenden County.
That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 working from home. About 7.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Crittenden County
Car:
91.4%
Worked at Home:
7.1%
Walked:
0.9%
Other:
0.4%
Public Transportation:
0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Crittenden County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Crittenden County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.
Commute Mode Trends in Crittenden County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Crittenden 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
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
92.9%
2.9%
1.1%
2.0%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2010
93.0%
2.7%
1.3%
1.8%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2011
92.8%
2.5%
1.8%
1.9%
0.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
92.7%
2.9%
1.7%
1.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
92.9%
2.5%
2.0%
1.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2014
92.3%
2.7%
2.3%
1.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
92.6%
1.8%
2.4%
2.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
92.6%
2.6%
2.1%
2.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2017
92.1%
3.4%
1.8%
1.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2018
92.8%
3.4%
1.6%
1.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2019
93.1%
4.1%
1.3%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2020
93.1%
4.9%
1.2%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
93.2%
5.1%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
93.1%
5.4%
1.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
92.2%
6.3%
1.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.4%
7.1%
0.9%
0.4%
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 2021 at 93.2%. Overall it fell from 92.9% in 2009 to 91.4% in 2024, down 1.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Crittenden County: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 7.1% in 2024, up 4.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.8% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 2.4% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 0.9%.
Commute Start Times in Crittenden County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Crittenden County?
The bars show when commuters in Crittenden 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 AMCrittenden County4.8%Arkansas5.6%
4.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCrittenden County6.7%Arkansas4.1%
6.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCrittenden County5.2%Arkansas5.2%
5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCrittenden County8.2%Arkansas9.3%
8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCrittenden County10.8%Arkansas11.2%
10.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCrittenden County15.8%Arkansas17.5%
15.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCrittenden County15.9%Arkansas13.9%
15.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCrittenden County6.8%Arkansas9.2%
6.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCrittenden County3.1%Arkansas3.6%
3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCrittenden County3.7%Arkansas4.5%
3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCrittenden County1.1%Arkansas2.2%
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCrittenden County2.1%Arkansas1.1%
2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCrittenden County7.3%Arkansas6.2%
7.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCrittenden County8.6%Arkansas6.4%
8.6%
Crittenden CountyArkansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Crittenden County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across Arkansas. Early starts are more common than in Arkansas: 16.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Arkansas: 49.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.7%) 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 Crittenden 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 Crittenden 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 Crittenden 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
Crittenden County
Arkansas
United States
2009
7:34 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:33 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:36 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:29 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:33 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:25 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:23 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:23 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:23 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:23 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:30 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:34 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:33 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:33 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:34 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:27 AM
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Crittenden County were on the road by 7:27 AM, 7 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:34 AM). The shift is sharper than across Arkansas, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Crittenden County now leave 11 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 Crittenden County has moved 3 minutes earlier.
How does Crittenden County's commute time compare?
Metric
Crittenden County
Arkansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.8 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
7.1%
8.8%
15.0%
Walked
0.9%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Crittenden County is about the same as in Arkansas.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Arkansas.
Crittenden County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Crittenden County, AR is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 47,563 residents against a local median of 22,543. Crittenden County, AR's work from home, at 7.1%, runs 57% above the 4.5% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 7.9% on work from home, so Crittenden County, AR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Crittenden County, AR has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
Is living in Crittenden County, Arkansas good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 157 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,863 at a typical national wage. That's 1% more than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Crittenden County, Arkansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Crittenden 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 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).