Franklin County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Franklin County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Franklin County spend about 40 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 169 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting.

That is 9% more time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.5 minutes each way, a difference of 1.7 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 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,092 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	20.2 min	40.5 min	169 hrs/yr	$5,230	428
Arkansas	18.5 min	37.0 min	154 hrs/yr	$4,780	912
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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 20.2 minutes to get to work in Franklin County. That's 10% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 2.1% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 94.7%
• Worked at Home: 2.1% unusually low
• Other: 1.5%
• Walked: 1.2%
• Public Transportation: 0.5%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Franklin County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.

Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Franklin County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.

Bicycle commuting is essentially absent in Franklin County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.

Worked at Home commuting is unusually low in Franklin County: 3.7 times less than the Arkansas average (2.1% vs 7.8%).

How does Franklin County's commute time compare?

Metric	Franklin County	Arkansas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.2 min	18.5 min	22.5 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	2.1%	7.8%	13.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.5%	0.3%	3.5%

The average commute time in Franklin County is 20.2 minutes, longer than the 18.5 minutes in Arkansas.

0.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Arkansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau