ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 281452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Union County, Mississippi

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.0 min one way; 1.4% worked from home, 91.2% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.0 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home1.4%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone91.2%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 Union 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 +0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.1 min → 23.0 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.5% → 1.4%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone91.8% → 91.2%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Union County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 91.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.4% worked from home.

Drive alone91.2% ±2.1 pp
Carpool6.8% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home1.4% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 11,534 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Union County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

37thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

6thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Union County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,534 workers age 16+, including 11,369 workers with reported travel time and 165 home workers.

Population estimate28,122± — MOE
Workers age 16+11,534± 523 MOE
Workers with travel time11,369± 506 MOE
Estimated home workers165± 89 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

Comparable Mississippi commute records for Union County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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