ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · AR · GEOID 51492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yell County, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.1%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 commute22.4 min → 21.8 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 7.1%▼ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.6% → 78.1%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.1% ±4.5 pp
Carpool10.8% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.1% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 8,971 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.

35thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,134± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,971± 427 MOE
Workers with travel time8,334± 492 MOE
Estimated home workers637± 223 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.