Desha County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Desha County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Desha County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 130 hours, about 5.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% less time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 3.0 minutes.

Desha County holds about 0.4% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Desha County would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,612 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)
Desha County	15.6 min	31.2 min	130 hrs/yr	$4,030	413
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.

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On average, it takes 15.6 minutes to get to work in Desha County. That's 30% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 92% of counties in Arkansas

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 3.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Desha County

• Car: 94.4%
• Worked at Home: 3.8%
• Other: 1.3%
• Walked: 0.2% unusually low
• Public Transportation: 0.2%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Desha County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.

Walking is unusually rare in Desha County: 5.6 times less than the Arkansas average (0.2% vs 1.4%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Desha County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.

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

Few people walk or bike to work in Desha County: just 0.2%, 6.2 times below the Arkansas average of 1.5%.

Commute Mode Trends in Desha County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Desha 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Walked
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	84.8%	4.5%	6.4%	0.7%	2.9%	0.0%	0.1%	0.5%
2010	84.6%	3.2%	8.1%	0.7%	3.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	85.5%	2.7%	7.9%	0.7%	3.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	86.2%	2.4%	7.3%	0.8%	3.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	88.0%	2.2%	6.7%	1.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	91.9%	1.6%	4.9%	0.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	93.0%	1.3%	3.1%	0.3%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2016	94.1%	1.3%	1.9%	0.2%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2017	94.7%	1.6%	1.7%	0.2%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	94.4%	1.6%	1.3%	0.2%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	95.4%	0.9%	0.8%	0.2%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	95.9%	2.0%	0.1%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	95.9%	2.2%	0.7%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	95.6%	2.1%	1.0%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	95.4%	3.0%	0.7%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	94.4%	3.8%	1.3%	0.2%	0.2%	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 2020 at 95.9% and lowest in 2010 at 84.6%. Overall it rose from 84.8% in 2009 to 94.4% in 2024, up 9.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.9% to 0.2% of workers (down 2.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Desha County

• 🐦 Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among Arkansas's 75 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:57 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Desha County?

The bars show when commuters in Desha 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 AM Desha County12.0% Arkansas5.6%	12.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Desha County4.8% Arkansas4.1%	4.8%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Desha County8.2% Arkansas5.2%	8.2%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Desha County11.5% Arkansas9.3%	11.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Desha County15.2% Arkansas11.2%	15.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Desha County15.8% Arkansas17.5%	15.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Desha County9.5% Arkansas13.9%	9.5%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Desha County4.3% Arkansas9.2%	4.3%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Desha County1.6% Arkansas3.6%	1.6%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Desha County3.0% Arkansas4.5%	3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Desha County1.0% Arkansas2.2%	1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Desha County0.1% Arkansas1.1%	0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Desha County2.4% Arkansas6.2%	2.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Desha County10.6% Arkansas6.4%	10.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Desha County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are more common than in Arkansas: 25.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Arkansas: 44.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.1%) 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 Desha 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 Desha 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 Desha 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.

• Desha County
• Arkansas
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Desha County	Arkansas	United States
2009	7:12 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:16 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:11 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:14 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:17 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:15 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:14 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:18 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:16 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:02 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:10 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:18 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:19 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:14 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:12 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:57 AM	7:25 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Desha County were on the road by 6:57 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:12 AM). The shift is sharper than across Arkansas, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Desha County now leave 41 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 Desha County has moved 13 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Desha County in the whole series.

How does Desha County's commute time compare?

Metric	Desha County	Arkansas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	15.6 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	3.8%	8.8%	15.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Desha County is 15.6 minutes, shorter than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 0.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Arkansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau