ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 281352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home6.4%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone80.7%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.0 min → 28.8 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 6.4%▼ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.5%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 80.7%▲ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.7% ±6.0 pp
Carpool11.6% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home6.4% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 4,247 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.

76thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,764± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,247± 320 MOE
Workers with travel time3,976± 334 MOE
Estimated home workers271± 181 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.