ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5504502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Little Rock, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip19.8 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone76.0%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute19.6 min → 19.8 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 10.6%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.3%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 76.0%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.0% ±2.7 pp
Carpool8.4% ±2.1 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home10.6% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 30,930 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

59thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate64,538± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+30,930± 1,348 MOE
Workers with travel time27,650± 1,431 MOE
Estimated home workers3,280± 711 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.