ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MS · GEOID 281532024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wayne County, Mississippi

Mean one-way trip32.2 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home4.0%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone85.1%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.6%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 commute32.0 min → 32.2 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.2% → 4.0%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.6%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.4% → 85.1%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.1% ±4.6 pp
Carpool8.4% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home4.0% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 7,646 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.

88thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

15thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,718± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,646± 507 MOE
Workers with travel time7,340± 494 MOE
Estimated home workers306± 176 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.