Commuting in Garland 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 Garland County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Garland County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 143 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% less time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 1.4 minutes.
Garland County holds about 3.3% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 3.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Garland County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,776 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)
Garland County
17.2 min
34.4 min
143 hrs/yr
$4,441
1,092
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
17.2
minutes to get to work in
Garland County.
That's 23% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 7.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Garland County
Car:
89.7%
Worked at Home:
7.7%
Walked:
1.4%
Other:
0.7%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Biking is essentially absent in Garland County, versus 0.2% in Arkansas.
Commute Mode Trends in Garland County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Garland 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
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
93.3%
3.0%
1.6%
0.8%
0.6%
0.1%
0.6%
0.1%
2010
93.1%
3.1%
1.6%
1.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.6%
0.0%
2011
92.5%
3.6%
1.6%
1.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.5%
0.1%
2012
93.3%
3.4%
1.6%
0.8%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2013
93.2%
3.4%
1.6%
0.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.4%
0.1%
2014
92.3%
4.5%
1.4%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
2015
91.8%
4.9%
1.3%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.4%
0.3%
2016
91.8%
4.9%
1.7%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.4%
0.3%
2017
91.8%
4.8%
1.7%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
2018
91.5%
4.9%
1.8%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
2019
92.0%
3.7%
1.9%
1.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2020
92.1%
3.9%
2.0%
1.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
92.1%
4.3%
1.5%
1.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
91.0%
5.5%
1.6%
1.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.7%
6.2%
1.6%
1.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
89.7%
7.7%
1.4%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 93.3% in 2009 to 89.7% in 2024, down 3.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Garland County: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 7.7% in 2024, up 4.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Garland County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Garland County?
The bars show when commuters in Garland 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 AMGarland County4.7%Arkansas5.6%
4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGarland County4.3%Arkansas4.1%
4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGarland County4.7%Arkansas5.2%
4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGarland County6.7%Arkansas9.3%
6.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGarland County9.6%Arkansas11.2%
9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGarland County16.9%Arkansas17.5%
16.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGarland County14.0%Arkansas13.9%
14.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGarland County11.1%Arkansas9.2%
11.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGarland County4.1%Arkansas3.6%
4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGarland County6.6%Arkansas4.5%
6.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGarland County3.6%Arkansas2.2%
3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGarland County1.5%Arkansas1.1%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGarland County6.1%Arkansas6.2%
6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGarland County6.4%Arkansas6.4%
6.4%
Garland CountyArkansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Garland County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are less common than in Arkansas: 13.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Arkansas's: 51.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.1%) 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 Garland 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 Garland 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 Garland 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
Garland County
Arkansas
United States
2009
7:40 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:37 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:37 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:37 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:35 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:34 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:34 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:34 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:40 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:41 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:43 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:42 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:37 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:37 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:37 AM
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Garland County were on the road by 7:37 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:40 AM). Arkansas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Garland County now leave 1 minute 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 Garland County has moved 4 minutes earlier.
How does Garland County's commute time compare?
Metric
Garland County
Arkansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.2 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
7.7%
8.8%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Garland County is 17.2 minutes, shorter than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.
The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Arkansas. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Arkansas.
Garland County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Garland County, AR is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 100,035 residents against a local median of 20,123. The measure that sets Garland County, AR apart most is one-way commute: 17.2 min, 35% below the local median of 26.4 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 7.7% against a local median of 6.5%, 18% above it. The counties themselves spread 14.0 min on one-way commute, so Garland County, AR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Garland County, AR has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Garland County, Arkansas.
Is commuting expensive in Garland County, Arkansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 143 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,441 at a typical national wage. That's 8% less than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Garland County, Arkansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Garland 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.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).