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Johnson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Johnson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Johnson 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 1.5 minutes.

Johnson County holds about 0.9% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Johnson County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,772 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)
Johnson County 17.1 min 34.3 min 143 hrs/yr $4,430 378
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
  1. Arkansas County (11.9 min)
  2. Phillips County (13.2 min)
  3. Howard County (13.4 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Arkansas
  1. Perry County (32.2 min)
  2. Newton County (31.6 min)
  3. Madison County (31.1 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Johnson County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 17.1 minutes to get to work in Johnson 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 4.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Johnson County

  • Car: 92.5%
  • Worked at Home: 4.9%
  • Walked: 1.6%
  • Other: 0.9%
  • Motorcycle: 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Johnson County: 6570641080.5 times less than the Arkansas average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Johnson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Johnson 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 Motorcycle Public Transportation Taxi Bicycle
2009 94.7% 1.0% 1.9% 1.3% 0.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 93.7% 1.3% 2.1% 1.5% 0.4% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 93.0% 2.3% 2.2% 1.3% 0.5% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 92.9% 2.8% 2.3% 1.2% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 91.7% 4.6% 2.4% 0.9% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 92.3% 4.3% 1.9% 1.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 92.5% 4.9% 1.7% 0.6% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 90.4% 5.2% 2.1% 1.6% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0%
2017 90.0% 5.6% 1.7% 1.8% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
2018 89.9% 5.2% 2.0% 2.2% 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
2019 88.8% 5.1% 3.2% 2.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
2020 89.9% 3.8% 2.9% 1.9% 0.0% 0.8% 0.1% 0.5%
2021 91.5% 4.1% 3.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.5%
2022 91.6% 3.9% 3.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
2023 92.9% 3.6% 2.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
2024 92.5% 4.9% 1.6% 0.9% 0.1% 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 bottomed out in 2019 at 88.8%. Overall it fell from 94.7% in 2009 to 92.5% in 2024, down 2.2 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Johnson County: its share of workers rose from 1.0% in 2009 to 4.9% in 2024, up 3.9 percentage points.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.0% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 3.8% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 1.6%.

Commute Start Times in Johnson County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Johnson County?

The bars show when commuters in Johnson 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
9.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
2.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
10.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
9.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Johnson County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are more common than in Arkansas: 18.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Arkansas: 45.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.8%) 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 Johnson 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 Johnson 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County Arkansas United States
2009 7:26 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:23 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:20 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:14 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:16 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:17 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:18 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:17 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:18 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:20 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:21 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:27 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:28 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:26 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:25 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:23 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Johnson County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:26 AM). Arkansas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Johnson County now leave 15 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 Johnson County has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Johnson County's commute time compare?

Metric Johnson County Arkansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 17.1 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 4.9% 8.8% 15.0%
Walked 1.6% 1.4% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Johnson County is 17.1 minutes, shorter than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 1.6% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Arkansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Johnson County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Johnson County, AR is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 26,012 residents against a local median of 17,335. Johnson County, AR's work from home, at 4.9%, runs 45% below the 8.8% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 17.1 min against a local median of 21.6 min, 20% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 20% below the local median it puts Johnson County, AR at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 13.4% on work from home, so Johnson County, AR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Johnson County, AR has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Johnson County, AR 26,012 17.1 min #2/6 4.9% #5/6 7:23 AM #5/6
Newton County, AR 7,111 31.6 min 16.1% 7:11 AM
Franklin County, AR 17,335 18.4 min 2.8% 7:13 AM
Logan County, AR 21,212 21.6 min 9.6% 7:13 AM
Pope County, AR 64,050 16.5 min 5.0% 7:33 AM
Madison County, AR 17,329 31.1 min 8.8% 7:10 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Johnson County, Arkansas.

Is commuting expensive in Johnson County, Arkansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 143 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,430 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 Johnson County, Arkansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Johnson 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Johnson 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).