Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 280892024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Madison County, Mississippi
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.1 min one way; 9.6% worked from home, 79.9% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.1 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.6%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone79.9%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Madison County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 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 Madison County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.9%; 0.1% used public transit and 9.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 53,939 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Madison County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 52th 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 higher than about 52% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Madison County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 53,939 workers age 16+, including 48,749 workers with reported travel time and 5,190 home workers.
Population estimate111,647± — MOE
Workers age 16+53,939± 1,348 MOE
Workers with travel time48,749± 1,460 MOE
Estimated home workers5,190± 749 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 Madison County
These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.