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Montgomery County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Montgomery County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Montgomery County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 220 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 42% more time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 7.8 minutes.

Montgomery County holds about 0.3% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Montgomery County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,728 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)
Montgomery County 26.4 min 52.8 min 220 hrs/yr $6,821 446
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

Montgomery County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.4 minutes to get to work in Montgomery County. That's 18% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 86% of counties in Arkansas

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Montgomery County

  • Car: 93.4%
  • Worked at Home: 4.4%
  • Other: 1.6%
  • Walked: 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 Montgomery County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Montgomery County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Montgomery 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 Other Walked Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 90.0% 3.8% 0.7% 5.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 89.3% 3.8% 0.1% 6.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 84.4% 5.7% 0.0% 9.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 85.1% 5.3% 0.0% 9.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2013 87.6% 4.2% 0.0% 8.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2014 90.5% 3.6% 0.1% 5.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 91.2% 2.9% 0.1% 5.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 95.8% 2.2% 0.1% 1.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2017 95.8% 2.3% 0.3% 1.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 94.9% 2.9% 0.4% 1.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 95.8% 3.0% 0.4% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 94.9% 3.8% 0.6% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 93.9% 4.0% 1.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 93.8% 3.9% 1.2% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 94.0% 4.3% 0.8% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 93.4% 4.4% 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 was highest in 2016 at 95.8% and lowest in 2011 at 84.4%. Overall it rose from 90.0% in 2009 to 93.4% in 2024, up 3.4 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Montgomery County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 4.4% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.2% to 0.5% of workers (down 4.7 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2016 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 5.7% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 4.4%.

Commute Start Times in Montgomery County

  • Earlier AlarmsThe 2nd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Arkansas's 75 counties: the typical start is 27 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Montgomery County?

The bars show when commuters in Montgomery 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
11.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
8.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
14.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
4.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
3.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Montgomery County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are more common than in Arkansas: 26.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Arkansas: 46.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.9%) 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County Arkansas United States
2009 7:24 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:19 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:21 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:17 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:20 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:15 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:09 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:05 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:06 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:00 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:07 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:09 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:01 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:03 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:03 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:58 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Montgomery County were on the road by 6:58 AM, 27 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Arkansas, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Montgomery County now leave 40 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 Montgomery County has moved 10 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Montgomery County in the whole series.

How does Montgomery County's commute time compare?

Metric Montgomery County Arkansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.4 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 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 4.4% 8.8% 15.0%
Walked 0.5% 1.4% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Montgomery County is 26.4 minutes, longer than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Arkansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Montgomery County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Montgomery County, AR is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 8,551 residents against a local median of 12,583. Montgomery County, AR's one-way commute, at 26.4 min, runs 54% above the 17.2 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 8.3 min on one-way commute, so Montgomery County, AR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Montgomery County, AR has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Montgomery County, AR 8,551 26.4 min #6/6 4.4% #4/6 6:57 AM #1/6
Pike County, AR 10,113 21.7 min 4.8% 7:10 AM
Garland County, AR 100,035 17.2 min 7.7% 7:37 AM
Scott County, AR 9,816 16.9 min 4.3% 6:59 AM
Yell County, AR 20,123 18.2 min 7.1% 7:18 AM
Howard County, AR 12,583 13.4 min 3.0% 7:22 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Montgomery County, Arkansas.

Is commuting expensive in Montgomery County, Arkansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 220 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,821 at a typical national wage. That's 42% more than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Montgomery County, Arkansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Montgomery County, Arkansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Montgomery 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.

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).