ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5018702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Arkadelphia, Arkansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.4 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 73.2% drove alone, and 6.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.7%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 Arkadelphia city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.2 min → 17.4 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 5.5%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 73.2%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Arkadelphia city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.2%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone73.2% ±5.5 pp
Carpool10.5% ±3.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk9.4% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home5.5% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 4,509 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Arkadelphia city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% 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.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Arkadelphia city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,509 workers age 16+, including 4,259 workers with reported travel time and 250 home workers.

Population estimate10,099± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+4,509± 377 MOE
Workers with travel time4,259± 371 MOE
Estimated home workers250± 102 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 Arkadelphia city

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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