ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5660802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Springdale, Arkansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.3 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 77.6% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.6%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%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 Springdale city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.9 min → 19.3 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 7.6%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.6% → 77.6%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Springdale city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.6%; 0.1% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone77.6% ±1.8 pp
Carpool13.0% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.6% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 41,795 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Springdale city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Springdale city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 41,795 workers age 16+, including 38,603 workers with reported travel time and 3,192 home workers.

Population estimate88,160± 94 MOE
Workers age 16+41,795± 1,288 MOE
Workers with travel time38,603± 1,364 MOE
Estimated home workers3,192± 597 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 Springdale 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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