ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 281312024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stone County, Mississippi

Mean one-way trip31.8 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home3.3%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone85.9%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.6%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 commute37.3 min → 31.8 min▼ 5.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 3.3%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 85.9%▲ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.9% ±5.3 pp
Carpool6.0% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.6% ±2.9 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home3.3% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 6,933 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.

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,894± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,933± 633 MOE
Workers with travel time6,706± 625 MOE
Estimated home workers227± 149 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.