What is the average commute in Adams County, Mississippi?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Adams County, Mississippi work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · MS · GEOID 280012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Adams County, Mississippi

Name: Commute estimates for Adams County, Mississippi
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.3 min one way; 2.5% worked from home, 88.4% drove alone, and 7.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.3 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home2.5%±1.1 pp MOE

Drove alone88.4%±1.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.0%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 Adams County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.9 min → 21.3 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 2.5%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.5% → 88.4%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Adams County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 88.4%; 0.4% used public transit and 2.5% worked from home.

Drive alone88.4% ±1.8 pp

Carpool5.6% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home2.5% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 10,236 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Adams County compares with similar-size countys

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

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

25^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

75^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

47^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Adams County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,236 workers age 16+, including 9,981 workers with reported travel time and 255 home workers.

Population estimate28,803± — MOE

Workers age 16+10,236± 626 MOE

Workers with travel time9,981± 627 MOE

Estimated home workers255± 111 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 Mississippi commute records for Adams County

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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