What is the average commute in Meridian city, Mississippi?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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 28466402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Meridian, Mississippi

Name: Commute estimates for Meridian city, Mississippi
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.9 min one way; 5.1% worked from home, 79.1% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.9 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home5.1%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone79.1%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.1%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 Meridian city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.5 min → 18.9 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 5.1%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 79.1%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Meridian city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.1% worked from home.

Drive alone79.1% ±1.7 pp

Carpool12.3% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home5.1% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 13,273 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Meridian city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

13^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Meridian city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,273 workers age 16+, including 12,600 workers with reported travel time and 673 home workers.

Population estimate34,137± 45 MOE

Workers age 16+13,273± 850 MOE

Workers with travel time12,600± 813 MOE

Estimated home workers673± 262 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 Meridian 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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