ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MS · GEOID 28088202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brookhaven, Mississippi

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home1.7%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone88.2%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.9 min → 18.5 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.8% → 1.7%▲ 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 alone93.0% → 88.2%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone88.2% ±3.9 pp
Carpool6.5% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk3.0% ±3.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home1.7% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 4,300 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.

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

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

18thTransit percentile

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

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,650± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+4,300± 416 MOE
Workers with travel time4,229± 411 MOE
Estimated home workers71± 61 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.