ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5473902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mountain Home, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip13.2 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.2%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±7.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 commute11.4 min → 13.2 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 6.2%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 73.4%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.4% ±7.1 pp
Carpool17.1% ±6.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home6.2% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 4,715 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.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,108± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+4,715± 428 MOE
Workers with travel time4,425± 454 MOE
Estimated home workers290± 149 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.