ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5053202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bentonville, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home20.4%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone69.1%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.5%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 commute18.1 min → 19.0 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.9% → 20.4%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 69.1%▼ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.1% ±2.8 pp
Carpool6.7% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.4 pp
Work from home20.4% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 30,811 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate58,249± 56 MOE
Workers age 16+30,811± 892 MOE
Workers with travel time24,537± 1,005 MOE
Estimated home workers6,274± 735 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.