Jefferson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Jefferson County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.

Jefferson County holds about 2.1% of Arkansas's population and accounts for roughly 2.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Jefferson County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,867 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)
Jefferson County	18.1 min	36.1 min	151 hrs/yr	$4,668	549
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

Fastest commutes among counties in Arkansas

Arkansas County (11.9 min)
Phillips County (13.2 min)
Howard County (13.4 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Arkansas

Perry County (32.2 min)
Newton County (31.6 min)
Madison County (31.1 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Jefferson County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.1 minutes to get to work in Jefferson County. That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Jefferson County

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Jefferson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Jefferson 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	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	94.0%	1.3%	1.5%	0.5%	0.1%	2.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	94.0%	1.5%	1.4%	0.3%	0.1%	2.5%	0.1%	0.2%
2011	94.2%	1.6%	1.5%	0.3%	0.1%	2.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	94.2%	1.6%	1.5%	0.5%	0.1%	1.8%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	94.3%	2.1%	1.3%	0.5%	0.0%	1.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	94.4%	2.2%	1.0%	0.5%	0.0%	1.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	93.4%	2.4%	1.5%	0.5%	0.0%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	93.5%	2.2%	1.3%	0.5%	0.1%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	93.5%	2.1%	1.7%	0.2%	0.1%	2.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	93.3%	2.2%	1.7%	0.2%	0.1%	2.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	92.8%	2.8%	2.2%	0.3%	0.1%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	94.6%	2.4%	1.3%	0.5%	0.1%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	92.9%	4.7%	1.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	91.3%	6.3%	1.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.2%	6.7%	1.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	92.6%	5.0%	1.2%	0.6%	0.3%	0.3%	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 94.6% and lowest in 2023 at 91.2%. Overall it fell from 94.0% in 2009 to 92.6% in 2024, down 1.4 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Jefferson County: its share of workers rose from 1.3% in 2009 to 5.0% in 2024, up 3.7 percentage points.

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 6.7% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 5.0%.

Commute Start Times in Jefferson County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jefferson County?

The bars show when commuters in Jefferson 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		8.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		16.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		2.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Jefferson County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 16.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across Arkansas. Early starts are more common than in Arkansas: 17.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Arkansas: 47.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.3%) 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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	Jefferson County	Arkansas	United States
2009	7:31 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:29 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:32 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:32 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:29 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:28 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:27 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:28 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:28 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:30 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:33 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:35 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:31 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:33 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:33 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:30 AM	7:25 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Jefferson County were on the road by 7:30 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Arkansas, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Jefferson County now leave 7 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 Jefferson County has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does Jefferson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Jefferson County	Arkansas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.1 min	18.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	5.0%	8.8%	15.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Jefferson County is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.

0.6% 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

Jefferson County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Jefferson County, AR is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 64,799 residents against a local median of 16,514. Where Jefferson County, AR breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 31% below the local median of 7.3% at 5.0%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 18.1 min against a local median of 23.7 min, 24% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 24% below the local median it puts Jefferson County, AR at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 7.5% on work from home, so Jefferson County, AR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Jefferson County, AR has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Jefferson County, AR	64,799	18.1 min #2/6	5.0% #4/6	7:30 AM #6/6
Lincoln County, AR	12,948	18.4 min	7.3%	7:08 AM
Cleveland County, AR	7,452	23.7 min	4.7%	7:20 AM
Lonoke County, AR	75,267	28.5 min	7.9%	7:08 AM
Grant County, AR	18,243	28.4 min	10.3%	7:00 AM
Arkansas County, AR	16,514	11.9 min	2.8%	7:16 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Jefferson County, Arkansas.

Is living in Jefferson County, Arkansas good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,668 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Jefferson County, Arkansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Jefferson County, Arkansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Which counties in Arkansas have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).