What is the average commute in Perry County, Mississippi?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 281112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Perry County, Mississippi

Name: Commute estimates for Perry County, Mississippi
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.1 min one way; 1.5% worked from home, 79.4% drove alone, and 13.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home1.5%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone79.4%±6.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.0%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 Perry County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.1 min → 29.1 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.5% → 1.5%— 0.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.4%▲ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 79.4%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Perry County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.4%; 1.4% used public transit and 1.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.4% ±6.5 pp

Carpool12.7% ±4.4 pp

Public transit1.4% ±1.8 pp

Walk1.9% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home1.5% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 4,310 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Perry County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

78^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2^thWork-from-home percentile

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

95^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Perry County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,310 workers age 16+, including 4,246 workers with reported travel time and 64 home workers.

Population estimate11,449± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,310± 294 MOE

Workers with travel time4,246± 294 MOE

Estimated home workers64± 53 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 Perry 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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