What is the average commute in Pike County, Arkansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 51092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pike County, Arkansas

Name: Commute estimates for Pike County, Arkansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.9 min one way; 4.8% worked from home, 81.8% drove alone, and 14.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.9 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home4.8%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone81.8%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.6%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 Pike County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.1 min → 29.9 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 4.8%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.3%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.3% → 81.8%▲ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pike County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.8%; 0.3% used public transit and 4.8% worked from home.

Drive alone81.8% ±4.7 pp

Carpool11.4% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.4% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home4.8% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 3,898 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pike County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

71^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pike County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,898 workers age 16+, including 3,711 workers with reported travel time and 187 home workers.

Population estimate10,115± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,898± 234 MOE

Workers with travel time3,711± 265 MOE

Estimated home workers187± 96 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 Pike 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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