Franklin County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Franklin County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Franklin County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 153 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.

Franklin County holds about 0.6% of Arkansas's population and accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Franklin County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,899 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)
Franklin County	18.4 min	36.7 min	153 hrs/yr	$4,747	428
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

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On average, it takes 18.4 minutes to get to work in Franklin County. That's 18% shorter 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 2.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Franklin County

• Car: 93.7%
• Worked at Home: 2.8% unusually low
• Other: 2.0%
• Walked: 1.2%
• Public Transportation: 0.4%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Franklin County: 3.2 times less than the Arkansas average (2.8% vs 8.8%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Franklin County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Franklin 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
• Walked
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	90.2%	6.2%	0.6%	2.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2010	90.4%	6.0%	0.4%	1.9%	0.9%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2011	89.7%	7.0%	0.2%	1.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2012	90.2%	7.0%	0.2%	1.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2013	90.7%	6.2%	0.3%	1.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2014	88.8%	7.7%	0.3%	2.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2015	89.7%	7.1%	0.4%	1.7%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	91.6%	5.5%	0.3%	1.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	91.0%	5.1%	0.6%	2.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	92.1%	3.6%	0.6%	2.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	95.1%	1.6%	0.9%	1.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	94.1%	2.3%	1.7%	0.7%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	94.4%	2.4%	1.4%	0.7%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	95.0%	2.0%	1.1%	0.4%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	94.7%	2.1%	1.5%	1.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	93.7%	2.8%	2.0%	1.2%	0.4%	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 2019 at 95.1% and lowest in 2014 at 88.8%. Overall it rose from 90.2% in 2009 to 93.7% in 2024, up 3.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 6.2% to 2.8% of workers (down 3.4 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 1.5% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 0.4%.

Commute Start Times in Franklin County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Franklin County?

The bars show when commuters in Franklin 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 Franklin County6.3% Arkansas5.6%	6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Franklin County2.9% Arkansas4.1%	2.9%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Franklin County4.6% Arkansas5.2%	4.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Franklin County13.7% Arkansas9.3%	13.7%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Franklin County14.7% Arkansas11.2%	14.7%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Franklin County17.8% Arkansas17.5%	17.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Franklin County11.3% Arkansas13.9%	11.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Franklin County8.3% Arkansas9.2%	8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Franklin County2.7% Arkansas3.6%	2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Franklin County3.2% Arkansas4.5%	3.2%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Franklin County2.5% Arkansas2.2%	2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Franklin County0.5% Arkansas1.1%	0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Franklin County6.8% Arkansas6.2%	6.8%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Franklin County4.8% Arkansas6.4%	4.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Franklin County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are less common than in Arkansas: 13.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Arkansas's: 52.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.7%) 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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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.

• Franklin County
• Arkansas
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Franklin County	Arkansas	United States
2009	7:19 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:16 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:14 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:13 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:11 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:12 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:10 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:10 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:17 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:19 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:12 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:17 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:12 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:10 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:12 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:13 AM	7:25 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Franklin County were on the road by 7:13 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:19 AM). The shift is sharper than across Arkansas, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Franklin County now leave 25 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Franklin County's commute time compare?

Metric	Franklin County	Arkansas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.4 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	2.8%	8.8%	15.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Franklin County is 18.4 minutes, shorter than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.

0.4% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Arkansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau