ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5542002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pea Ridge, Arkansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 17.2% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 1.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home17.2%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.2%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.0%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 Pea Ridge city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -6.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.8 min → 22.3 min▼ 6.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.9% → 17.2%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.0%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 77.2%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pea Ridge city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.2% worked from home.

Drive alone77.2% ±5.4 pp
Carpool5.4% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home17.2% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 3,861 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pea Ridge city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% 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.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pea Ridge city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,861 workers age 16+, including 3,198 workers with reported travel time and 663 home workers.

Population estimate8,108± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+3,861± 378 MOE
Workers with travel time3,198± 367 MOE
Estimated home workers663± 181 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 Pea Ridge 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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