ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5637102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sheridan, Arkansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 8.4% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 12.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.2 min±7.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±14.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.9%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 Sheridan city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.3 min → 27.2 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 8.4%▼ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 77.4%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sheridan city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.4% worked from home.

Drive alone77.4% ±14.5 pp
Carpool12.9% ±7.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.1 pp
Work from home8.4% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 1,776 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sheridan city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% 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.

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sheridan city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,776 workers age 16+, including 1,626 workers with reported travel time and 150 home workers.

Population estimate5,165± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+1,776± 240 MOE
Workers with travel time1,626± 230 MOE
Estimated home workers150± 88 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 Sheridan 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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