Commuting in Drew 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 Drew County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Drew County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 137 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% less time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 2.1 minutes.
Drew County holds about 0.6% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Drew County would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,702 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)
Drew County
16.5 min
32.9 min
137 hrs/yr
$4,254
400
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
16.5
minutes to get to work in
Drew County.
That's 27% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 77% of counties in Arkansas
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Drew County
Car:
91.6%
Worked at Home:
4.2%
Walked:
3.2%
Other:
0.8%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Drew County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.
Public transit is essentially absent in Drew County, versus 0.3% in Arkansas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Drew County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.
Commute Mode Trends in Drew County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Drew 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
93.5%
1.4%
1.8%
2.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2010
92.6%
2.1%
1.9%
3.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2011
92.0%
2.7%
1.8%
3.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
92.3%
3.5%
1.5%
2.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2013
92.5%
3.1%
1.7%
2.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2014
93.3%
3.2%
1.9%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2015
95.1%
2.3%
1.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.3%
2016
94.7%
2.3%
2.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.3%
2017
94.2%
1.7%
2.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.6%
2018
92.6%
2.6%
3.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
2019
91.9%
2.1%
4.8%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
2020
92.4%
1.8%
4.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2021
92.9%
1.7%
4.1%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2022
92.5%
2.2%
3.7%
0.5%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.7%
3.1%
5.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.6%
4.2%
3.2%
0.8%
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 2015 at 95.1% and lowest in 2023 at 90.7%. Overall it fell from 93.5% in 2009 to 91.6% in 2024, down 1.9 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Drew County: its share of workers rose from 1.4% in 2009 to 4.2% in 2024, up 2.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 5.6% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 3.2%.
Commute Start Times in Drew County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Drew County?
The bars show when commuters in Drew 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 AMDrew County6.7%Arkansas5.6%
6.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMDrew County4.3%Arkansas4.1%
4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMDrew County6.3%Arkansas5.2%
6.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMDrew County12.0%Arkansas9.3%
12.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMDrew County9.6%Arkansas11.2%
9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMDrew County20.3%Arkansas17.5%
20.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMDrew County15.6%Arkansas13.9%
15.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMDrew County4.3%Arkansas9.2%
4.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMDrew County3.5%Arkansas3.6%
3.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMDrew County3.9%Arkansas4.5%
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMDrew County4.2%Arkansas2.2%
4.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMDrew County0.4%Arkansas1.1%
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMDrew County3.8%Arkansas6.2%
3.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMDrew County5.0%Arkansas6.4%
5.0%
Drew CountyArkansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Drew County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are more common than in Arkansas: 17.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Arkansas: 49.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.3%) 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 Drew 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 Drew 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 Drew 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
Drew County
Arkansas
United States
2009
7:14 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:17 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:21 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:24 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:25 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:26 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:29 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:30 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:29 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:23 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:18 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:18 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:15 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:15 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:16 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:16 AM
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Drew County were on the road by 7:16 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:14 AM). That goes against the trend across Arkansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Drew 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 Drew County has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does Drew County's commute time compare?
Metric
Drew County
Arkansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.5 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
4.2%
8.8%
15.0%
Walked
3.2%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Drew County is 16.5 minutes, shorter than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Arkansas.
Drew County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Drew County, AR is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 17,048 residents against a local median of 10,741. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Drew County, AR an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 11% above the local median at 4.2% against 3.8%. Drew County, AR has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Drew County, Arkansas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Drew County, Arkansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 137 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,254 at a typical national wage. That's 12% less than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Drew County, Arkansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Drew County, Arkansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Drew 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).