What is the average commute in Bay St. Louis city, Mississippi?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Bay St. Louis city, Mississippi work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 10.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MS · GEOID 28039802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Name: Commute estimates for Bay St. Louis city, Mississippi
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 15.6% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 12.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.1 min±5.5 min MOE

Worked from home15.6%±10.2 pp MOE

Drove alone74.6%±5.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.4%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 Bay St. Louis city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.8 min → 27.1 min▲ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 15.6%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 74.6%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bay St. Louis city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 15.6% worked from home.

Drive alone74.6% ±5.6 pp

Carpool5.4% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.9% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home15.6% ±10.2 pp

Each share uses 4,597 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bay St. Louis city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bay St. Louis city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,597 workers age 16+, including 3,881 workers with reported travel time and 716 home workers.

Population estimate10,188± 38 MOE

Workers age 16+4,597± 446 MOE

Workers with travel time3,881± 436 MOE

Estimated home workers716± 474 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 Bay St. Louis city

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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