ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 280972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montgomery County, Mississippi

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone82.0%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.3%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 commute29.1 min → 25.6 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 4.6%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.0% → 82.0%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.0% ±6.7 pp
Carpool7.3% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk3.6% ±4.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home4.6% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 3,799 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.

59thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,602± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,799± 322 MOE
Workers with travel time3,623± 323 MOE
Estimated home workers176± 97 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.