ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · AR · GEOID 51372024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stone County, Arkansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 10.0% worked from home, 71.6% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.9 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone71.6%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 Stone County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.1 min → 23.9 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 10.0%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.1%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 71.6%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Stone County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.6%; 1.1% used public transit and 10.0% worked from home.

Drive alone71.6% ±5.6 pp
Carpool12.3% ±4.8 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.0 pp
Walk3.9% ±3.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.0% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 3,978 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Stone County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Stone County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,978 workers age 16+, including 3,579 workers with reported travel time and 399 home workers.

Population estimate12,568± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,978± 418 MOE
Workers with travel time3,579± 407 MOE
Estimated home workers399± 152 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 Stone 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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