Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 281392024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Tippah County, Mississippi
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.2 min one way; 1.2% worked from home, 84.5% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.2 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home1.2%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone84.5%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.4%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 Tippah County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.2 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 Tippah County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 9,362 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Tippah County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 56th 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 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% 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 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Tippah County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 9,362 workers age 16+, including 9,247 workers with reported travel time and 115 home workers.
Population estimate21,523± — MOE
Workers age 16+9,362± 429 MOE
Workers with travel time9,247± 418 MOE
Estimated home workers115± 74 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 Tippah County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.