ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5347502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jacksonville, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.8%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±5.1 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 commute19.7 min → 20.3 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 7.8%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.4% → 73.9%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.9% ±5.1 pp
Carpool13.4% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.8% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 12,923 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% 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.

13thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate29,221± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+12,923± 759 MOE
Workers with travel time11,911± 735 MOE
Estimated home workers1,012± 408 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.