What is the average commute in Fayetteville city, Arkansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fayetteville city, Arkansas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · AR · GEOID 5232902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Name: Commute estimates for Fayetteville city, Arkansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.5 min one way; 14.9% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±1.1 min MOE

Worked from home14.9%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone71.9%±2.2 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 Fayetteville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.9 min → 18.5 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 14.9%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 71.9%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fayetteville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 1.1% used public transit and 14.9% worked from home.

Drive alone71.9% ±2.2 pp

Carpool8.0% ±1.9 pp

Public transit1.1% ±0.4 pp

Walk2.7% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±0.3 pp

Work from home14.9% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 52,033 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fayetteville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

57^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

55^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

7^th60+ 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 Fayetteville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 52,033 workers age 16+, including 44,260 workers with reported travel time and 7,773 home workers.

Population estimate99,319± 53 MOE

Workers age 16+52,033± 1,355 MOE

Workers with travel time44,260± 1,572 MOE

Estimated home workers7,773± 796 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 Fayetteville 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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