Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 280812024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lee County, Mississippi
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.8 min one way; 5.4% worked from home, 86.0% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.8 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone86.0%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 Lee County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.7 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 Lee County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 86.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 5.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 38,018 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lee County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lee County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 38,018 workers age 16+, including 35,984 workers with reported travel time and 2,034 home workers.
Population estimate83,034± — MOE
Workers age 16+38,018± 1,070 MOE
Workers with travel time35,984± 1,174 MOE
Estimated home workers2,034± 456 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 Lee County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.