Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AR · GEOID 51192024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Pulaski County, Arkansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 11.9% worked from home, 76.3% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.3 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.9%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.3%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 Pulaski County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 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 Pulaski County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.3%; 0.7% used public transit and 11.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 185,280 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Pulaski County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Pulaski County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 185,280 workers age 16+, including 163,166 workers with reported travel time and 22,114 home workers.
Population estimate399,818± — MOE
Workers age 16+185,280± 2,470 MOE
Workers with travel time163,166± 2,694 MOE
Estimated home workers22,114± 1,468 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 Pulaski County
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.