Mean Commute Time in Mississippi

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Mean Commute Time
27.7 min +0.3% vs nat'l
Rank #26 of 52
51th %ile

How Mississippi Compares

Mississippi
27.7 min
National
27.6 min
0.3% above

State Ranking

Rank State Value
#23 Alabama 28.0 min
#24 Arizona 27.9 min
#25 Louisiana 27.8 min
#26 Mississippi 27.7 min
#27 Colorado 27.7 min
#28 North Carolina 27.5 min
#29 Nevada 27.2 min
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Highest Commute Counties in Mississippi

# County Commute
1 Greene County 43.4 min
2 Wilkinson County 40.6 min
3 Benton County 38.6 min
4 George County 38.2 min
5 Holmes County 38.2 min
6 Walthall County 37.6 min
7 Pearl River County 37.4 min
8 Tate County 36.7 min
9 Jefferson Davis County 36.5 min
10 Leake County 36.3 min

Lowest Commute Counties in Mississippi

# County Commute
82 Washington County 21.2 min
81 Leflore County 21.6 min
80 Sunflower County 21.8 min
79 Bolivar County 22.0 min
78 Grenada County 22.3 min
77 Coahoma County 22.5 min
76 Sharkey County 22.6 min
75 Adams County 22.8 min
74 Forrest County 22.8 min
73 Oktibbeha County 22.9 min

Mean Commute Time in Mississippi

Mississippi has a mean commute time of 27.7 min, ranking #26 of 52 among all 52 states and territories. This is 0.3% above the national value of 27.6 min.

Across Mississippi's 82 counties, mean commute time ranges from 21.2 min to 43.4 min. The county with the highest value is Greene County at 43.4 min.

Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.