ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MS · GEOID 28251002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Flowood, Mississippi

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±9.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.7%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 commute21.8 min → 21.5 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 9.8%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.4% → 78.1%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.1% ±9.4 pp
Carpool9.7% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.3% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.8% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 5,459 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.

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% 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.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,587± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+5,459± 598 MOE
Workers with travel time4,924± 619 MOE
Estimated home workers535± 244 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.