Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AR · GEOID 50452024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Faulkner County, Arkansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 81.8% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.5 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone81.8%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 Faulkner County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Faulkner County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.8%; 0.1% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 60,581 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Faulkner County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Faulkner County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 60,581 workers age 16+, including 55,405 workers with reported travel time and 5,176 home workers.
Population estimate127,717± — MOE
Workers age 16+60,581± 1,151 MOE
Workers with travel time55,405± 1,328 MOE
Estimated home workers5,176± 678 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
All Arkansas reports →Comparable Arkansas commute records for Faulkner County
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.