ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5123402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cave Springs, Arkansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.4 min one way; 19.1% worked from home, 76.8% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home19.1%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%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 Cave Springs city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.0 min → 20.4 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.5% → 19.1%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.3% → 76.8%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cave Springs city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 19.1% worked from home.

Drive alone76.8% ±4.3 pp
Carpool3.0% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home19.1% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 2,641 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cave Springs city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% 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.

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cave Springs city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,641 workers age 16+, including 2,136 workers with reported travel time and 505 home workers.

Population estimate6,008± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+2,641± 340 MOE
Workers with travel time2,136± 310 MOE
Estimated home workers505± 167 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 Cave Springs 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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