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Lee County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Lee 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 Lee County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lee County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 173 hours, about 7.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% more time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 2.1 minutes.

Lee County holds about 0.3% of Arkansas's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lee County would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,140 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)
Lee County 20.7 min 41.4 min 173 hrs/yr $5,351 204
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

Lee County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 20.7 minutes to get to work in Lee County. That's 8% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lee County

  • Car: 81.2%
  • Worked at Home: 16.8%
  • Walked: 1.6%
  • Other: 0.5%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is essentially absent in Lee County, versus 0.3% in Arkansas.

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Lee County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lee 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 93.0% 3.2% 2.6% 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 92.5% 3.1% 2.6% 0.8% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2011 90.1% 3.0% 6.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2012 90.3% 2.1% 6.7% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2013 90.0% 1.7% 6.7% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
2014 88.9% 2.2% 7.3% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.5% 0.1%
2015 88.6% 1.9% 8.2% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.1%
2016 92.3% 2.1% 4.0% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2017 94.1% 1.6% 2.2% 1.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0%
2018 95.2% 1.7% 1.7% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 95.3% 2.2% 1.3% 1.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 91.1% 6.9% 0.8% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 86.8% 12.0% 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 84.5% 13.1% 1.4% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 83.3% 15.3% 1.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 81.2% 16.8% 1.6% 0.5% 0.0% 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 peaked in 2019 at 95.3%. Overall it fell from 93.0% in 2009 to 81.2% in 2024, down 11.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lee County: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 16.8% in 2024, up 13.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 14.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.6% to 1.6% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Lee County

  • Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among Arkansas's 75 counties: the typical start is 28 minutes earlier than in 2009.
  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe 2nd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Arkansas's 75 counties: 58.3% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lee County?

The bars show when commuters in Lee 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
3.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
15.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
17.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
16.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
1.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
0.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lee County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 17.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.2% across Arkansas. Early starts are about as common as in Arkansas: 14.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Arkansas: 58.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 10 commuters (9.7%) 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 Lee 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 Lee 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 Lee 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 Lee County Arkansas United States
2009 7:34 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:28 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:24 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:19 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:19 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:09 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:13 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:06 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:00 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:58 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:06 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:05 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:07 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:55 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:04 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:06 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lee County were on the road by 7:06 AM, 28 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:34 AM). The shift is sharper than across Arkansas, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Lee County now leave 32 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Lee County's commute time compare?

Metric Lee County Arkansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 20.7 min 18.6 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 16.8% 8.8% 15.0%
Walked 1.6% 1.4% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Lee County is 20.7 minutes, longer 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

Lee County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Lee County, AR is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 8,359 residents against a local median of 15,415. The measure that sets Lee County, AR apart most is work from home: 16.8%, more than 4 times the local median of 4.1%.

The counties themselves sit within 3.4% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Lee County, AR, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Lee County, AR has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Lee County, AR 8,359 20.7 min #4/6 16.8% #1/6 7:06 AM #1/6
St. Francis County, AR 22,398 16.5 min 3.0% 7:25 AM
Phillips County, AR 15,415 13.2 min 4.1% 7:25 AM
Tunica County, MS 9,475 26.6 min 1.1% 7:24 AM
Monroe County, AR 6,589 26.6 min 4.2% 7:12 AM
Cross County, AR 16,543 18.9 min 4.5% 7:09 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lee County, Arkansas.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Lee County, Arkansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 173 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,351 at a typical national wage. That's 11% more than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Lee County, Arkansas?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Lee County, Arkansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Lee 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.

Is Lee County, Arkansas a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 16.8% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Lee County would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,140 at the same national wage assumption used above.

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).