Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 280312024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Covington County, Mississippi
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 84.2% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.8 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone84.2%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 Covington County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 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 Covington County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.2%; 1.6% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,173 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Covington County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 47th 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 lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Covington County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,173 workers age 16+, including 6,760 workers with reported travel time and 413 home workers.
Population estimate18,148± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,173± 527 MOE
Workers with travel time6,760± 534 MOE
Estimated home workers413± 202 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 Covington County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.