Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 281292024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Smith County, Mississippi
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.7 min one way; 3.8% worked from home, 85.2% drove alone, and 15.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.7 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home3.8%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone85.2%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.7%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 Smith County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.3 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 Smith County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,377 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Smith County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Smith County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,377 workers age 16+, including 5,175 workers with reported travel time and 202 home workers.
Population estimate14,132± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,377± 317 MOE
Workers with travel time5,175± 315 MOE
Estimated home workers202± 102 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 Smith County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.