What is the average commute in Pope County, Arkansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 51152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pope County, Arkansas

Name: Commute estimates for Pope County, Arkansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.1 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 79.7% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Pope County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.0 percentage points.

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 Pope County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.

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

How Pope County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

16^thMean commute percentile

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

16^thWork-from-home percentile

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

25^thTransit percentile

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

33^th60+ 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 Pope County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 27,333 workers age 16+, including 25,954 workers with reported travel time and 1,379 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Arkansas commute records for Pope 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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