ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · AR · GEOID 51152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pope County, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip20.1 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone79.7%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute20.1 min → 20.1 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 5.0%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 79.7%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.7% ±3.0 pp
Carpool11.5% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home5.0% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 27,333 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

25thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate64,131± — MOE
Workers age 16+27,333± 871 MOE
Workers with travel time25,954± 933 MOE
Estimated home workers1,379± 335 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.