What is the average commute in Clay County, Mississippi?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 280252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clay County, Mississippi

Name: Commute estimates for Clay County, Mississippi
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.8 min one way; 5.6% worked from home, 87.8% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home5.6%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone87.8%±2.8 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 Clay 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 -2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.5 min → 21.8 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 5.6%▼ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.0% → 87.8%▲ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clay County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 87.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.6% worked from home.

Drive alone87.8% ±2.8 pp

Carpool6.3% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home5.6% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 7,386 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clay County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 35th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

35^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

3^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clay County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,386 workers age 16+, including 6,971 workers with reported travel time and 415 home workers.

Population estimate18,383± — MOE

Workers age 16+7,386± 426 MOE

Workers with travel time6,971± 445 MOE

Estimated home workers415± 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 Mississippi commute records for Clay 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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