ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · AR · GEOID 50672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jackson County, Arkansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.2 min one way; 2.5% worked from home, 84.4% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home2.5%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone84.4%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 Jackson 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 -1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.1 min → 20.2 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 2.5%▼ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.7% → 84.4%▲ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Jackson County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.5% worked from home.

Drive alone84.4% ±3.6 pp
Carpool8.2% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk3.6% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home2.5% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 5,592 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Jackson County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 27th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

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

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Jackson County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,592 workers age 16+, including 5,452 workers with reported travel time and 140 home workers.

Population estimate16,712± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,592± 366 MOE
Workers with travel time5,452± 366 MOE
Estimated home workers140± 73 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 Jackson 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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