ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 280352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Forrest County, Mississippi

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home4.0%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.6%±1.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.3 min → 21.2 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.9% → 4.0%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.3%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.4% → 80.6%▼ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.6% ±1.1 pp
Carpool8.1% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.2% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.3 pp
Work from home4.0% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 35,711 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate78,272± — MOE
Workers age 16+35,711± 1,038 MOE
Workers with travel time34,271± 1,048 MOE
Estimated home workers1,440± 286 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.