Commuting in White 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 White County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in White County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 144 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% less time on the road than the Arkansas average of 18.6 minutes each way, a difference of 1.4 minutes.
White County holds about 2.6% of Arkansas's population but accounts for roughly 2.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in White County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,781 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)
White County
17.2 min
34.5 min
144 hrs/yr
$4,453
752
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
17.2
minutes to get to work in
White County.
That's 23% 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 White County
Car:
92.1%
Worked at Home:
4.8%
Walked:
1.6%
Other:
0.7%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in White County, versus 0.1% in Arkansas.
Commute Mode Trends in White County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in White 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
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
91.4%
3.9%
3.3%
0.5%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2010
93.1%
3.0%
2.9%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
93.0%
2.8%
3.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2012
93.6%
2.8%
2.6%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
93.3%
2.5%
3.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
93.3%
3.2%
2.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2015
93.1%
3.3%
2.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
93.8%
2.9%
2.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2017
93.4%
3.1%
2.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2018
92.1%
3.7%
2.9%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
93.1%
2.8%
2.8%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
93.9%
2.5%
2.3%
0.8%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
93.2%
3.4%
2.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
93.1%
3.7%
1.8%
0.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
93.4%
3.8%
1.8%
0.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
92.1%
4.8%
1.6%
0.7%
0.4%
0.3%
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 2020 at 93.9%. Overall it rose from 91.4% in 2009 to 92.1% in 2024, up 0.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in White County: its share of workers rose from 3.9% in 2009 to 4.8% in 2024, up 0.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.3% to 1.6% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in White County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in White County?
The bars show when commuters in White 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 AMWhite County6.4%Arkansas5.6%
6.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWhite County4.4%Arkansas4.1%
4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWhite County6.2%Arkansas5.2%
6.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWhite County8.2%Arkansas9.3%
8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWhite County11.1%Arkansas11.2%
11.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWhite County19.0%Arkansas17.5%
19.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWhite County13.9%Arkansas13.9%
13.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWhite County9.6%Arkansas9.2%
9.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWhite County2.8%Arkansas3.6%
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWhite County3.7%Arkansas4.5%
3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWhite County1.8%Arkansas2.2%
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWhite County1.0%Arkansas1.1%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWhite County7.1%Arkansas6.2%
7.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWhite County4.9%Arkansas6.4%
4.9%
White CountyArkansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in White County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.5% across Arkansas. Early starts are more common than in Arkansas: 17.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Arkansas's: 53.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.4%) 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 White 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 White 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 White 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
White County
Arkansas
United States
2009
7:20 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:19 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:20 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:18 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:20 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:21 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:22 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:20 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:22 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:22 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:23 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:21 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:20 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:18 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:18 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:22 AM
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in White County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:20 AM). That goes against the trend across Arkansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in White County now leave 16 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does White County's commute time compare?
Metric
White County
Arkansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.2 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
1.6%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in White County is 17.2 minutes, shorter than the 18.6 minutes in Arkansas.
0.4% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Arkansas. 1.6% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Arkansas.
White County, AR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
White County, AR is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 77,839 residents against a local median of 25,225. The measure that sets White County, AR apart most is work from home: 4.8%, 18% below the local median of 5.8%.
The counties themselves spread 5.0% on work from home, so White County, AR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. White County, AR has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in White County, Arkansas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in White County, Arkansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 144 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,453 at a typical national wage. That's 7% less than the typical Arkansas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in White County, Arkansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in White 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).