ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MS · GEOID 28553602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pascagoula, Mississippi

Mean one-way trip18.7 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home3.4%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone84.6%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 commute18.7 min → 18.7 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.9% → 3.4%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.2% → 84.6%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.6% ±2.3 pp
Carpool9.1% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home3.4% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 8,894 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.

15thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,710± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+8,894± 545 MOE
Workers with travel time8,590± 556 MOE
Estimated home workers304± 125 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.