What is the average commute in Oxford city, Mississippi?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 28548402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oxford, Mississippi

Name: Commute estimates for Oxford city, Mississippi
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 9.1% worked from home, 77.7% drove alone, and 11.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home9.1%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone77.7%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.6%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 Oxford city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.2 min → 23.5 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 9.1%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 1.7%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 77.7%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oxford city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.7%; 1.7% used public transit and 9.1% worked from home.

Drive alone77.7% ±4.1 pp

Carpool6.3% ±2.1 pp

Public transit1.7% ±0.7 pp

Walk4.0% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home9.1% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 12,671 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oxford city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

37^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oxford city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,671 workers age 16+, including 11,520 workers with reported travel time and 1,151 home workers.

Population estimate26,411± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+12,671± 820 MOE

Workers with travel time11,520± 752 MOE

Estimated home workers1,151± 286 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 Oxford 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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