ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MS · GEOID 28036202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Batesville, Mississippi

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.9%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone83.8%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 commute19.0 min → 24.1 min▲ 5.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 5.9%▼ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.7%▲ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.3% → 83.8%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.8% ±7.8 pp
Carpool8.3% ±3.5 pp
Public transit1.7% ±1.9 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home5.9% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 3,024 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

46thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,387± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+3,024± 377 MOE
Workers with travel time2,847± 382 MOE
Estimated home workers177± 130 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.