Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 280492024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hinds County, Mississippi
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.3 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone75.5%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 Hinds County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 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 Hinds County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 0.3% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 93,042 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hinds County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hinds County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 93,042 workers age 16+, including 85,022 workers with reported travel time and 8,020 home workers.
Population estimate218,533± — MOE
Workers age 16+93,042± 1,604 MOE
Workers with travel time85,022± 1,833 MOE
Estimated home workers8,020± 858 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 Hinds County
These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.