ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5245502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip16.8 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.8%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.8 min → 16.8 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 7.8%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.9% → 77.4%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.4% ±2.0 pp
Carpool11.5% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home7.8% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 40,698 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.

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

17thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

17thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate89,805± 75 MOE
Workers age 16+40,698± 995 MOE
Workers with travel time37,513± 953 MOE
Estimated home workers3,185± 562 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.