Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MS · GEOID 28535202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Ocean Springs, Mississippi
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.3 min one way; 10.6% worked from home, 83.9% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.3 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone83.9%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 Ocean Springs city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Ocean Springs city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 9,016 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Ocean Springs city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Ocean Springs city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 9,016 workers age 16+, including 8,063 workers with reported travel time and 953 home workers.
Population estimate18,646± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+9,016± 554 MOE
Workers with travel time8,063± 572 MOE
Estimated home workers953± 277 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
All Mississippi reports →Comparable Mississippi commute records for Ocean Springs city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.