Commuting in Newton 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 Newton County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Newton County spend about 63 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 263 hours, about 11.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 70% more time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 13.0 minutes.
Newton County holds about 0.2% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Newton County would save about 105 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,262 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)
Newton County
31.6 min
63.1 min
263 hrs/yr
$8,155
353
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.
On average, it takes
31.6
minutes to get to work in
Newton County.
That's 41% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the 3 slowest counties in Arkansas
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Newton County
Car:
80.6%
Worked at Home:
16.1%
Walked:
2.7%
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 unusually rare in Newton County: 1474.8 times less than the Arkansas average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Newton County: 11203.9 times less than the Arkansas average (0.0% vs 0.3%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Newton County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.
Biking is essentially absent in Newton County, versus 0.2% in Arkansas.
Commute Mode Trends in Newton County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Newton 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
91.3%
6.5%
1.4%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
92.1%
5.6%
1.7%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
92.5%
5.0%
1.9%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
93.5%
4.9%
1.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
92.0%
6.2%
1.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
89.9%
6.7%
2.1%
0.5%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
88.9%
5.8%
3.3%
1.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
88.7%
5.3%
3.7%
1.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
89.2%
5.1%
3.7%
1.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
86.6%
6.4%
3.9%
2.2%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
90.3%
5.6%
2.8%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
88.2%
9.9%
1.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
83.9%
13.6%
1.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
82.2%
16.2%
1.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
81.3%
15.7%
2.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
80.6%
16.1%
2.7%
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 2012 at 93.5%. Overall it fell from 91.3% in 2009 to 80.6% in 2024, down 10.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Newton County: its share of workers rose from 6.5% in 2009 to 16.1% in 2024, up 9.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking peaked at 3.9% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 2.7%.
Commute Start Times in Newton County
😴Sleeping InThe highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Arkansas's 75 counties: 28.1% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
🧘Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Arkansas's 75 counties: only 37.8% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Newton County?
The bars show when commuters in Newton 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
12:00-4:59 AMNewton County8.5%Arkansas5.6%
8.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMNewton County5.1%Arkansas4.1%
5.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMNewton County9.0%Arkansas5.2%
9.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMNewton County11.0%Arkansas9.3%
11.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMNewton County10.7%Arkansas11.2%
10.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMNewton County16.4%Arkansas17.5%
16.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMNewton County7.4%Arkansas13.9%
7.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMNewton County3.4%Arkansas9.2%
3.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMNewton County0.4%Arkansas3.6%
0.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMNewton County5.8%Arkansas4.5%
5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMNewton County1.9%Arkansas2.2%
1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMNewton County2.3%Arkansas1.1%
2.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMNewton County12.7%Arkansas6.2%
12.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMNewton County5.5%Arkansas6.4%
5.5%
Newton CountyArkansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Newton County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are more common than in Arkansas: 22.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Arkansas: 37.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (28.1%) 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 Newton 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 Newton 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 Newton 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
Newton County
Arkansas
United States
2009
7:15 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:18 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:12 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:14 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:15 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:11 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:14 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:16 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:18 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:17 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:19 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:10 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:11 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:10 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:10 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:11 AM
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Newton County were on the road by 7:11 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:15 AM). Arkansas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Newton County now leave 27 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 Newton County has moved 9 minutes earlier.
How does Newton County's commute time compare?
Metric
Newton County
Arkansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
31.6 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
12:00 PM – 03:59 PM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
16.1%
8.8%
15.0%
Walked
2.7%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Newton County is 31.6 minutes, longer than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 2.7% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Arkansas.
Newton County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Newton County, AR is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,111 residents against a local median of 26,012. The measure that sets Newton County, AR apart most is work from home: 16.1%, 220% above the local median of 5.0%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 31.6 min against a local median of 17.1 min, 84% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 84% above the local median it puts Newton County, AR at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves sit within 5.8% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Newton County, AR, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Newton County, AR has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Newton County, Arkansas.
Is commuting expensive in Newton County, Arkansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 263 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,155 at a typical national wage. That's 70% more than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Newton County, Arkansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Newton County, Arkansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Newton 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 much time do residents in Newton County, Arkansas save by working from home?
About 16.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Newton County would save about 105 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,262 at the same national wage assumption used above.
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).