What is the average commute in Conway County, Arkansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Conway County, Arkansas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · AR · GEOID 50292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Conway County, Arkansas

Name: Commute estimates for Conway County, Arkansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.1 min one way; 7.4% worked from home, 80.5% drove alone, and 10.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home7.4%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone80.5%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.4%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 Conway County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.0 min → 28.1 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 7.4%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 80.5%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Conway County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 7.4% worked from home.

Drive alone80.5% ±2.4 pp

Carpool10.0% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home7.4% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 8,313 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Conway County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

50^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

52^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

68^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Conway County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,313 workers age 16+, including 7,698 workers with reported travel time and 615 home workers.

Population estimate21,054± — MOE

Workers age 16+8,313± 468 MOE

Workers with travel time7,698± 460 MOE

Estimated home workers615± 198 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 Conway 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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