ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AR · GEOID 5731302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ward, Arkansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 13.4% worked from home, 75.0% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.4%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone75.0%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 Ward city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.7 min → 29.0 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 13.4%▲ 10.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 75.0%▼ 9.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ward city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.4% worked from home.

Drive alone75.0% ±5.3 pp
Carpool11.3% ±5.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home13.4% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 3,035 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ward city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% 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.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ward city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,035 workers age 16+, including 2,629 workers with reported travel time and 406 home workers.

Population estimate6,573± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+3,035± 423 MOE
Workers with travel time2,629± 383 MOE
Estimated home workers406± 167 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 Ward 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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