ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5697402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tontitown, Arkansas

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.8%±7.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.0 min → 20.5 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.1% → 13.8%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.0%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.1% → 73.9%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.9% ±7.3 pp
Carpool5.8% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk4.9% ±4.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home13.8% ±7.6 pp

Each share uses 3,419 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% 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.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,425± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+3,419± 483 MOE
Workers with travel time2,946± 415 MOE
Estimated home workers473± 267 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.