ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5465802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monticello, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip16.3 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home6.6%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone81.3%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute16.3 min → 16.3 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.7% → 6.6%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 81.3%▲ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.3% ±6.4 pp
Carpool8.5% ±5.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home6.6% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 2,968 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.

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% 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.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,257± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+2,968± 442 MOE
Workers with travel time2,773± 460 MOE
Estimated home workers195± 135 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.