What is the average commute in Greenville city, Mississippi?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 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 28291802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenville, Mississippi

Name: Commute estimates for Greenville city, Mississippi
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.8 min one way; 3.5% worked from home, 84.2% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.8 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home3.5%±1.8 pp MOE

Drove alone84.2%±2.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.3%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 Greenville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.3 min → 18.8 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 3.5%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 1.7%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.6% → 84.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Greenville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.2%; 1.7% used public transit and 3.5% worked from home.

Drive alone84.2% ±2.1 pp

Carpool8.4% ±2.9 pp

Public transit1.7% ±1.0 pp

Walk1.7% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home3.5% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 10,339 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Greenville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered 25k–100k 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 25k–100k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

28^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Greenville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,339 workers age 16+, including 9,977 workers with reported travel time and 362 home workers.

Population estimate28,166± 34 MOE

Workers age 16+10,339± 608 MOE

Workers with travel time9,977± 585 MOE

Estimated home workers362± 192 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 Greenville 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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