What is the average commute in Leflore County, Mississippi?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 280832024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Leflore County, Mississippi

Name: Commute estimates for Leflore County, Mississippi
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.4 min one way; 2.9% worked from home, 81.7% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home2.9%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone81.7%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.1%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 Leflore County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.0 min → 20.4 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 2.9%▼ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.4% → 81.7%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Leflore County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 2.9% worked from home.

Drive alone81.7% ±4.0 pp

Carpool10.7% ±3.0 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk3.1% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home2.9% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 9,688 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Leflore County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

2^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

34^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

24^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Leflore County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,688 workers age 16+, including 9,408 workers with reported travel time and 280 home workers.

Population estimate27,141± — MOE

Workers age 16+9,688± 632 MOE

Workers with travel time9,408± 632 MOE

Estimated home workers280± 157 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 Leflore 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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