Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AR · GEOID 50632024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Independence County, Arkansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.5 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 80.6% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.5 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone80.6%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 Independence County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 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 Independence County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.6%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 16,475 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Independence County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Independence County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 16,475 workers age 16+, including 15,513 workers with reported travel time and 962 home workers.
Population estimate38,175± — MOE
Workers age 16+16,475± 646 MOE
Workers with travel time15,513± 693 MOE
Estimated home workers962± 278 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 Independence County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.