ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · AR · GEOID 50032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ashley County, Arkansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 3.3% worked from home, 84.6% drove alone, and 11.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.9 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home3.3%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone84.6%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.8%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Ashley County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute22.6 min → 23.9 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 3.3%▲ 0.2 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.2% → 0.5%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.9% → 84.6%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ashley County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.6%; 0.5% used public transit and 3.3% worked from home.

Drive alone84.6% ±3.4 pp
Carpool9.0% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.8 pp
Work from home3.3% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 6,644 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ashley County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ashley County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,644 workers age 16+, including 6,428 workers with reported travel time and 216 home workers.

Population estimate18,429± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,644± 389 MOE
Workers with travel time6,428± 372 MOE
Estimated home workers216± 99 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Arkansas commute records for Ashley County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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