Cities in Arkansas by mean travel time to work

Cabot, AR had the highest mean travel time to work of 34 cities in 2023, at 28.6 minutes. Blytheville, AR had the lowest, at 13.5 minutes. The median was 19.2 minutes and the figure for Arkansas was 22.3 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest28.6Cabot, AR

Lowest13.5Blytheville, AR

Median19.234 cities

Arkansas22.3History

All cities, 2023

minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2023 minutes	Change on 2022
1	Cabot, AR Estimated	28.6	+0.4
2	Bella Vista, AR Estimated	26.6	+0.7
3	Sherwood, AR Estimated	25.1	+1.8
4	Bryant, AR Estimated	24.6	+0.4
5	Benton, AR Estimated	23.7	+1
6	Maumelle, AR Estimated	23.2	-0.2
7	Conway, AR Estimated	22.6	-0.2
7	Farmington, AR Estimated	22.6	-0.5
9	Centerton, AR Estimated	22.5	-0.3
10	Marion, AR Estimated	21.8	+0.8
11	Lowell, AR Estimated	20.6	0
12	Malvern, AR Estimated	20.4	+1.8
13	North Little Rock, AR Estimated	20.3	-0.1
13	Siloam Springs, AR Estimated	20.3	+0.7
15	West Memphis, AR Estimated	20.1	+0.4
16	Jacksonville, AR Estimated	19.9	-0.1
17	Bentonville, AR Estimated	19.2	+0.5
18	Paragould, AR Estimated	19.1	-0.4
18	Springdale, AR Estimated	19.1	+0.2
20	Camden, AR Estimated	18.8	-2.2
21	Van Buren, AR Estimated	18.7	-0.7
22	Jonesboro, AR Estimated	18.5	+0.7
23	Pine Bluff, AR Estimated	18.4	+0.7
24	Little Rock, AR Estimated	18.3	0
25	Fayetteville, AR Estimated	18.2	0
25	Texarkana, AR Estimated	18.2	-0.1
27	Magnolia, AR Estimated	17.6	+3.1
28	Rogers, AR Estimated	17.4	+0.4
29	Fort Smith, AR Estimated	17.3	+0.5
30	Hot Springs, AR Estimated	17	-0.8
31	Searcy, AR Estimated	16.6	-0.2
32	Russellville, AR Estimated	15.9	+0.3
33	El Dorado, AR Estimated	15.6	-0.2
34	Blytheville, AR Estimated	13.5	n/a

Other periods

2024
2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 3 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Arkansas by mean travel time to work, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Arkansas by mean travel time to work, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/arkansas-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Arkansas by mean travel time to work, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/arkansas-cities?period=2023.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Arkansas by mean travel time to work, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/arkansas-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest mean travel time to work?

Cabot, AR, with 28.6 minutes in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest mean travel time to work?

Blytheville, AR, with 13.5 minutes in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 cities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.