Commuting in Pike 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 Pike County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Pike County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 181 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% more time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 3.1 minutes.
Pike 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 Pike County would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,240 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)
Pike County
21.7 min
43.4 min
181 hrs/yr
$5,600
294
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
21.7
minutes to get to work in
Pike County.
That's 3% 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 4.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Pike County
Car:
93.2%
Worked at Home:
4.8%
Walked:
1.4%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Other:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Pike County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Pike County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.
Commute Mode Trends in Pike County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Pike 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
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
Other
2009
93.9%
2.2%
1.5%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
1.6%
2010
93.6%
2.5%
1.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
1.5%
2011
91.1%
2.6%
2.1%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
3.1%
2012
91.3%
2.8%
1.4%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2.3%
2013
93.6%
2.4%
1.3%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
1.2%
2014
93.7%
2.4%
1.7%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.4%
2015
93.2%
2.1%
1.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
2016
93.2%
2.1%
1.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.2%
2017
93.5%
1.7%
1.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.6%
2018
91.6%
2.7%
2.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.6%
2019
93.0%
2.6%
2.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.7%
2020
93.1%
3.7%
1.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
2021
94.1%
3.5%
1.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2022
93.2%
4.1%
2.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2023
93.7%
4.9%
1.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
93.2%
4.8%
1.4%
0.3%
0.2%
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 2021 at 94.1% and lowest in 2011 at 91.1%. Overall it fell from 93.9% in 2009 to 93.2% in 2024, down 0.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Pike County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 4.8% in 2024, up 2.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit peaked at 2.0% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 0.3%.
Commute Start Times in Pike County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pike County?
The bars show when commuters in Pike 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 AMPike County9.8%Arkansas5.6%
9.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMPike County6.3%Arkansas4.1%
6.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMPike County6.4%Arkansas5.2%
6.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMPike County11.5%Arkansas9.3%
11.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMPike County8.6%Arkansas11.2%
8.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMPike County22.2%Arkansas17.5%
22.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMPike County14.8%Arkansas13.9%
14.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMPike County5.7%Arkansas9.2%
5.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMPike County2.0%Arkansas3.6%
2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMPike County2.5%Arkansas4.5%
2.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMPike County1.0%Arkansas2.2%
1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMPike County0.2%Arkansas1.1%
0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMPike County2.5%Arkansas6.2%
2.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMPike County6.5%Arkansas6.4%
6.5%
Pike CountyArkansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Pike County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 22.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are more common than in Arkansas: 22.4% 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 8 commuters (12.7%) 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 Pike 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 Pike 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 Pike 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
Pike County
Arkansas
United States
2009
7:03 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:08 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:11 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:14 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:19 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:16 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:18 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:17 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:13 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:08 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:04 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:03 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:04 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:03 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:09 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:10 AM
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Pike County were on the road by 7:10 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:03 AM). That goes against the trend across Arkansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Pike County now leave 28 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 Pike County has moved 6 minutes later.
How does Pike County's commute time compare?
Metric
Pike County
Arkansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.7 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
4.8%
8.8%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Pike County is 21.7 minutes, longer than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.
The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Arkansas. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Arkansas.
Pike County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Pike County, AR is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 10,113 residents against a local median of 15,710. Pike County, AR's work from home, at 4.8%, runs 22% above the 3.9% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 21.7 min against a local median of 18.1 min, 20% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 20% above the local median it puts Pike County, AR at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 4.5% on work from home, so Pike County, AR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Pike County, AR has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Pike County, Arkansas.
Is commuting expensive in Pike County, Arkansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 181 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,600 at a typical national wage. That's 17% more than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Pike County, Arkansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Pike County, 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 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).