ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5451702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mena, Arkansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.8 min one way; 2.4% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.8 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home2.4%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±8.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 Mena city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.3 min → 15.8 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.0% → 2.4%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 79.5%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mena city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.4% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±8.3 pp
Carpool11.4% ±5.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk4.3% ±3.6 pp
Bicycle2.4% ±2.3 pp
Work from home2.4% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 2,206 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mena city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% 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.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mena city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,206 workers age 16+, including 2,152 workers with reported travel time and 54 home workers.

Population estimate5,582± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+2,206± 233 MOE
Workers with travel time2,152± 233 MOE
Estimated home workers54± 48 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 Mena 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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