Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5565402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Pocahontas, Arkansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.8 min one way; 6.6% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.8 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home6.6%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 Pocahontas city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.6 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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Pocahontas city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 0.9% used public transit and 6.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,911 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Pocahontas 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.
Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Pocahontas city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,911 workers age 16+, including 2,719 workers with reported travel time and 192 home workers.
Population estimate7,538± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+2,911± 294 MOE
Workers with travel time2,719± 297 MOE
Estimated home workers192± 87 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
All Arkansas reports →Comparable Arkansas commute records for Pocahontas city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.