ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 281392024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tippah County, Mississippi

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.1 min → 25.2 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 1.2%▼ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.3% → 84.5%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.5% ±2.1 pp
Carpool11.3% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home1.2% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 9,362 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.