ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MS · GEOID 28445202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Madison, Mississippi

Mean one-way trip24.2 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home13.9%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone79.2%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute24.6 min → 24.2 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 13.9%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.8% → 79.2%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.2% ±3.1 pp
Carpool6.5% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home13.9% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 13,275 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.

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,946± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+13,275± 683 MOE
Workers with travel time11,434± 657 MOE
Estimated home workers1,841± 384 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.