ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5009702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Alma, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip27.6 min±10.4 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone84.5%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 → 27.6 min▲ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.0% → 5.5%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.2% → 84.5%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.5% ±6.7 pp
Carpool8.9% ±5.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.0% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.0 pp
Work from home5.5% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 1,969 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

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

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,906± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+1,969± 365 MOE
Workers with travel time1,860± 345 MOE
Estimated home workers109± 90 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.