Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 280052024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Amite County, Mississippi
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.8 min one way; 6.9% worked from home, 78.8% drove alone, and 18.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip34.8 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home6.9%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.8%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.6%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 Amite County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -9.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Amite County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,892 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Amite County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Amite County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,892 workers age 16+, including 3,623 workers with reported travel time and 269 home workers.
Population estimate12,565± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,892± 383 MOE
Workers with travel time3,623± 394 MOE
Estimated home workers269± 166 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
All Mississippi reports →Comparable Mississippi commute records for Amite County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.