Randolph County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Help

Commuting in Randolph County, Arkansas: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

You 9/24/26, 8:04 PM

Is the commute in Randolph County longer than the national average?

Map AI 9/24/26, 8:04 PM

Commute Time Burden in Randolph County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Randolph County spend about 40 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 167 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% more time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 1.5 minutes.

Randolph County holds about 0.6% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Randolph County would save about 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,073 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)
Randolph County	20.1 min	40.1 min	167 hrs/yr	$5,183	273
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

Arkansas County (11.9 min)
Phillips County (13.2 min)
Howard County (13.4 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Arkansas

Perry County (32.2 min)
Newton County (31.6 min)
Madison County (31.1 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Randolph County

Click a county to open it Explore the map →

Average commute time

On average, it takes 20.1 minutes to get to work in Randolph County. That's 10% 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 4.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Randolph County

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Randolph County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Randolph 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	Other	Motorcycle	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	92.6%	3.5%	0.6%	0.3%	3.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	92.1%	3.6%	1.3%	0.1%	2.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	92.4%	3.6%	1.4%	0.2%	2.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	93.2%	3.5%	1.4%	0.0%	1.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	93.5%	3.4%	1.8%	0.0%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	94.1%	2.8%	2.2%	0.1%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	96.7%	1.3%	1.3%	0.1%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	96.1%	1.1%	1.7%	0.0%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	93.9%	2.5%	2.1%	0.0%	1.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	93.8%	3.3%	1.9%	0.0%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	93.4%	4.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	92.0%	5.3%	1.7%	0.0%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	93.4%	4.8%	1.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	94.7%	4.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	95.0%	4.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	93.9%	4.9%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	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 2015 at 96.7% and lowest in 2020 at 92.0%. Overall it rose from 92.6% in 2009 to 93.9% in 2024, up 1.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Randolph County: its share of workers rose from 3.5% in 2009 to 4.9% in 2024, up 1.4 percentage points.

Walking peaked at 2.2% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 0.5%.

Commute Start Times in Randolph County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Randolph County?

The bars show when commuters in Randolph 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		5.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		4.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Randolph County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are more common than in Arkansas: 20.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Arkansas: 40.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.0%) 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 Randolph 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 Randolph 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 Randolph 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	Randolph County	Arkansas	United States
2009	7:19 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:16 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:18 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:19 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:16 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:16 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:19 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:15 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:10 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:12 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:08 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:07 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:17 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:20 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:22 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:22 AM	7:25 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Randolph County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:19 AM). That goes against the trend across Arkansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Randolph County now leave 16 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 Randolph County has moved 14 minutes later.

How does Randolph County's commute time compare?

Metric	Randolph County	Arkansas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.1 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	4.9%	8.8%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Randolph County is 20.1 minutes, longer than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.

The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Arkansas. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Arkansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Randolph County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Randolph County, AR is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 18,840 residents against a local median of 16,233. Randolph County, AR's work from home, at 4.9%, runs 33% below the 7.2% typical of the counties around it.

The counties themselves spread 6.8% on work from home, so Randolph County, AR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Randolph County, AR has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Randolph County, AR	18,840	20.1 min #3/6	4.9% #4/6	7:22 AM #4/6
Lawrence County, AR	16,233	21.5 min	3.0%	7:14 AM
Ripley County, MO	10,707	26.0 min	9.7%	7:24 AM
Sharp County, AR	17,772	22.7 min	7.2%	7:26 AM
Oregon County, MO	8,673	18.3 min	9.5%	7:16 AM
Greene County, AR	46,432	17.3 min	4.3%	7:17 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Randolph County, Arkansas.

Is living in Randolph County, Arkansas good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 167 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,183 at a typical national wage. That's 8% more than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Randolph County, Arkansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Randolph 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.

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).