ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 280992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Neshoba County, Mississippi

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.8 min one way; 2.6% worked from home, 81.6% drove alone, and 9.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home2.6%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone81.6%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.5%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 Neshoba County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 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.

Mean commute25.4 min → 25.8 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.9% → 2.6%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 81.6%▲ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Neshoba County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.6%; 0.1% used public transit and 2.6% worked from home.

Drive alone81.6% ±2.8 pp
Carpool10.2% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home2.6% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 11,401 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Neshoba County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

62thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

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

23thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Neshoba County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,401 workers age 16+, including 11,105 workers with reported travel time and 296 home workers.

Population estimate28,932± — MOE
Workers age 16+11,401± 607 MOE
Workers with travel time11,105± 594 MOE
Estimated home workers296± 117 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 Neshoba 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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