ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5410002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Little Rock, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home12.4%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone75.8%±1.7 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 commute18.2 min → 18.5 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 12.4%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.8%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 75.8%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.8% ±1.7 pp
Carpool8.6% ±1.0 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home12.4% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 95,182 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.

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate203,436± 54 MOE
Workers age 16+95,182± 2,272 MOE
Workers with travel time83,359± 2,327 MOE
Estimated home workers11,823± 1,099 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 nearby records

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