ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5285102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenbrier, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±7.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.7%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone85.5%±8.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.6%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 commute31.7 min → 28.0 min▼ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.6% → 6.7%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 85.5%▲ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.5% ±8.6 pp
Carpool7.2% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.6% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home6.7% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 2,909 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% 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.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,018± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+2,909± 328 MOE
Workers with travel time2,713± 365 MOE
Estimated home workers196± 146 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.