ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · AR · GEOID 50332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crawford County, Arkansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.4 min one way; 6.3% worked from home, 81.9% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.4 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.3%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone81.9%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 Crawford County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 24.4 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 6.3%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.7% → 81.9%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Crawford County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 6.3% worked from home.

Drive alone81.9% ±2.7 pp
Carpool9.7% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home6.3% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 25,134 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Crawford County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Crawford County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 25,134 workers age 16+, including 23,553 workers with reported travel time and 1,581 home workers.

Population estimate61,139± — MOE
Workers age 16+25,134± 805 MOE
Workers with travel time23,553± 841 MOE
Estimated home workers1,581± 313 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 Crawford 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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