What is the average commute in Cross County, Arkansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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 50372024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cross County, Arkansas

Name: Commute estimates for Cross County, Arkansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 81.6% drove alone, and 11.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home4.5%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone81.6%±2.9 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 Cross County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.5 min → 25.5 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 4.5%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 81.6%▲ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cross County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.6%; 0.1% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone81.6% ±2.9 pp

Carpool12.8% ±3.7 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home4.5% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 6,576 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cross County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

58^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

56^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

74^th60+ 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 Cross County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,576 workers age 16+, including 6,277 workers with reported travel time and 299 home workers.

Population estimate16,543± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,576± 326 MOE

Workers with travel time6,277± 301 MOE

Estimated home workers299± 129 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 Cross 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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