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Commuting in Jonesboro, 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 Jonesboro: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Jonesboro spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 132 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% less time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.

Jonesboro holds about 2.1% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 1.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Jonesboro would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,641 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)
Jonesboro 15.9 min 31.8 min 132 hrs/yr $4,102 2,886
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.

Jonesboro Commute Map

On average, it takes 15.9 minutes to get to work in Jonesboro. That's 29% 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 7.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Jonesboro

  • Car: 89.2%
  • Worked at Home: 7.8%
  • Walked: 2.0%
  • Taxi: 0.8% unusually high
  • Other: 0.2%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Jonesboro: 5.0 times less than the Arkansas average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Jonesboro: 4.4 times less than the Arkansas average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Jonesboro: 8.3 times more than the Arkansas average (0.8% vs 0.1%).

Biking is essentially absent in Jonesboro, versus 0.2% in Arkansas.

Commute Mode Trends in Jonesboro, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Jonesboro 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 Taxi Other Public Transportation Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 92.3% 4.8% 1.8% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
2010 92.8% 4.4% 1.7% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.5%
2011 92.8% 4.2% 1.8% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.5%
2012 92.1% 4.6% 1.8% 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.4%
2013 92.8% 4.1% 1.7% 0.0% 0.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
2014 92.7% 3.9% 1.8% 0.0% 0.7% 0.4% 0.4% 0.2%
2015 92.3% 3.5% 2.4% 0.0% 0.7% 0.6% 0.4% 0.1%
2016 91.6% 3.7% 3.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1%
2017 92.0% 3.5% 3.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
2018 92.6% 3.0% 2.9% 0.0% 0.3% 0.9% 0.2% 0.1%
2019 93.4% 2.4% 2.8% 0.0% 0.2% 1.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 94.0% 3.2% 2.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1%
2021 92.8% 3.8% 1.8% 0.2% 0.2% 1.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2022 92.9% 4.4% 1.9% 0.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 90.5% 6.5% 2.2% 0.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 89.2% 7.8% 2.0% 0.8% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2020 at 94.0%. Overall it fell from 92.3% in 2009 to 89.2% in 2024, down 3.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Jonesboro: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 7.8% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Taking a taxi overtook public transit to become the 4th most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 3.4% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 2.0%.

Commute Start Times in Jonesboro

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jonesboro?

The bars show when commuters in Jonesboro 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
5.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
2.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
5.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
15.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
11.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
8.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
8.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Jonesboro is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across Arkansas. Early starts are less common than in Arkansas: 11.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Arkansas's: 51.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.8%) 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 Jonesboro, 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 Jonesboro 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 Jonesboro 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 Jonesboro Arkansas United States
2009 7:44 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:49 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:50 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:47 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:47 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:44 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:44 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:43 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:43 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:40 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:37 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:38 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:37 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:44 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:46 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:48 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Jonesboro were on the road by 7:48 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:44 AM). That goes against the trend across Arkansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Jonesboro now leave 10 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Jonesboro has moved 11 minutes later.

How does Jonesboro's commute time compare?

Metric Jonesboro Arkansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 15.9 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 7.8% 8.8% 15.0%
Walked 2.0% 1.4% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Jonesboro is 15.9 minutes, shorter than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 2.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Arkansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Jonesboro, Arkansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 132 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,102 at a typical national wage. That's 15% less than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Jonesboro, Arkansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Jonesboro, 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Jonesboro, Arkansas?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Arkansas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.