What is the average commute in Clarksdale city, Mississippi?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Clarksdale city, Mississippi work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 28138202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Name: Commute estimates for Clarksdale city, Mississippi
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.9 min one way; 8.7% worked from home, 78.3% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.9 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home8.7%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone78.3%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.2%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 Clarksdale city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.1 min → 17.9 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 8.7%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 78.3%▲ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clarksdale city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.3%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.7% worked from home.

Drive alone78.3% ±4.9 pp

Carpool11.7% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home8.7% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 5,079 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clarksdale city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

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

34^thWork-from-home percentile

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

44^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clarksdale city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,079 workers age 16+, including 4,639 workers with reported travel time and 440 home workers.

Population estimate14,231± 18 MOE

Workers age 16+5,079± 407 MOE

Workers with travel time4,639± 424 MOE

Estimated home workers440± 156 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 Clarksdale 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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