North Little Rock Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in North Little Rock, 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 North Little Rock: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in North Little Rock spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 150 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.

North Little Rock holds about 1.9% of Arkansas's population and accounts for roughly 1.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in North Little Rock would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,866 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)
North Little Rock	18.1 min	36.1 min	150 hrs/yr	$4,665	2,561
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.

North Little Rock Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.1 minutes to get to work in North Little Rock. That's 19% 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 9.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in North Little Rock

Public transit is unusually common in North Little Rock: 4.6 times more than the Arkansas average (1.2% vs 0.3%).

Biking is unusually rare in North Little Rock: 6.2 times less than the Arkansas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in North Little Rock, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in North Little Rock 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	91.8%	2.6%	0.7%	2.6%	1.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2010	91.4%	2.9%	1.3%	2.5%	1.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2011	92.8%	2.9%	0.9%	2.1%	0.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2012	93.1%	2.7%	0.9%	1.9%	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2013	92.8%	3.1%	1.0%	1.9%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	93.5%	2.8%	1.0%	1.8%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	93.7%	2.5%	0.4%	2.2%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	94.1%	2.2%	0.2%	2.1%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	92.6%	2.9%	0.6%	2.4%	1.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	92.9%	2.7%	0.6%	2.1%	1.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2019	93.0%	2.7%	0.7%	2.0%	1.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2020	91.7%	2.8%	2.2%	1.7%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2021	90.6%	4.6%	2.1%	1.5%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	89.4%	5.9%	2.2%	1.3%	0.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	87.8%	7.6%	2.1%	1.6%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	85.7%	9.9%	2.5%	1.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 94.1%. Overall it fell from 91.8% in 2009 to 85.7% in 2024, down 6.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in North Little Rock: its share of workers rose from 2.6% in 2009 to 9.9% in 2024, up 7.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.6% to 1.2% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in North Little Rock

What Time Do People Leave for Work in North Little Rock?

The bars show when commuters in North Little Rock 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		2.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		17.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		16.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.6%

North Little Rock Arkansas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in North Little Rock is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are less common than in Arkansas: 10.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Arkansas: 54.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.2%) 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 North Little Rock, 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 North Little Rock 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 North Little Rock 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	North Little Rock	Arkansas	United States
2009	7:37 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:38 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:36 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:38 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:35 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:37 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:33 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:30 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:31 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:32 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:29 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:37 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:41 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:37 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:38 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:40 AM	7:25 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in North Little Rock were on the road by 7:40 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). That goes against the trend across Arkansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in North Little Rock now leave 2 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 North Little Rock has moved 12 minutes later.

How does North Little Rock's commute time compare?

Metric	North Little Rock	Arkansas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.1 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	9.9%	8.8%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.2%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in North Little Rock is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.

1.2% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Arkansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

North Little Rock, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How North Little Rock, AR compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
North Little Rock, AR	58,195	18.1 min #1/2	9.9% #2/2	7:40 AM #2/2
Sherwood, AR	30,507	21.7 min	12.4%	7:29 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

Is living in North Little Rock, Arkansas good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 150 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,665 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in North Little Rock, Arkansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in North Little Rock, 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.

How common is public transit use in North Little Rock, Arkansas?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 1.2% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Arkansas, making it a realistic option for many workers.