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Calhoun County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Calhoun County, Mississippi: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Calhoun County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Calhoun County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 2.0 minutes.

Calhoun County holds about 0.4% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Calhoun County would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,425 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area One-Way Commute Daily Round-Trip Yearly Time Spent Estimated Yearly Cost Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Calhoun County 23.5 min 46.9 min 196 hrs/yr $6,063 471
Mississippi 21.5 min 43.0 min 179 hrs/yr $5,558 914
United States 22.4 min 44.8 min 187 hrs/yr $5,790 1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Commute Time Map: Mississippi Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Mississippi
  1. Sharkey County (11.9 min)
  2. Coahoma County (13.2 min)
  3. Leflore County (15.2 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Mississippi
  1. Wilkinson County (36.8 min)
  2. Tate County (32.8 min)
  3. Greene County (32.7 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Calhoun County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 23.5 minutes to get to work in Calhoun County. That's 5% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Calhoun County

  • Car: 95.3%
  • Worked at Home: 4.0%
  • Walked: 0.6%
  • Other: 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.

Public transit is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.3% in Mississippi.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.

Biking is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.

Commute Mode Trends in Calhoun County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Calhoun County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show commute mode data by year
Year Car Worked at Home Walked Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 97.0% 0.6% 1.3% 0.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 96.3% 1.1% 1.5% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 95.4% 1.6% 1.3% 1.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 95.4% 1.5% 1.2% 1.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 94.5% 2.0% 1.3% 1.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 94.1% 2.3% 1.2% 1.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 95.0% 1.8% 1.1% 1.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2016 95.2% 1.8% 0.9% 1.4% 0.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2017 95.5% 1.8% 0.9% 1.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2018 95.5% 2.2% 1.2% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2019 96.3% 2.0% 1.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 94.9% 3.3% 1.2% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 95.1% 3.6% 1.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 95.6% 3.2% 1.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 96.2% 3.0% 0.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 95.3% 4.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2014 at 94.1%. Overall it fell from 97.0% in 2009 to 95.3% in 2024, down 1.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Calhoun County: its share of workers rose from 0.6% in 2009 to 4.0% in 2024, up 3.4 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.3% to 0.6% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Calhoun County

  • Early BirdThe 2nd-earliest start among Mississippi's 82 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:37 AM.
  • Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Mississippi's 82 counties: the typical start is 24 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Calhoun County?

The bars show when commuters in Calhoun County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Mississippi for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
6.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
13.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
20.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
11.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
8.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
4.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
2.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.6%

Calhoun County Mississippi Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Calhoun County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 20.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.1% across Mississippi. Early starts are more common than in Mississippi: 26.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Mississippi: 36.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.9%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Calhoun County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Calhoun County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Calhoun County next to Mississippi and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show typical departure times by year
Year Calhoun County Mississippi United States
2009 7:01 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:02 AM 7:21 AM 7:38 AM
2011 6:58 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:01 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:01 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:02 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2015 6:58 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2016 6:52 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:45 AM 7:19 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:41 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2019 6:36 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:35 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:35 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:33 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:36 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:37 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Calhoun County were on the road by 6:37 AM, 24 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:01 AM). The shift is sharper than across Mississippi, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Calhoun County now leave 60 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Calhoun County's commute time compare?

Metric Calhoun County Mississippi US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.5 min 21.5 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 4.0% 5.9% 15.0%
Walked 0.6% 1.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Calhoun County is 23.5 minutes, longer than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Mississippi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Calhoun County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Calhoun County, MS is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,852 residents against a local median of 16,915. Calhoun County, MS sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 13% below the local median at 4.0% against 4.6%. Calhoun County, MS has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Calhoun County, MS 12,852 23.5 min #3/6 4.0% #5/6 6:37 AM #1/6
Webster County, MS 9,972 30.9 min 4.6% 7:16 AM
Yalobusha County, MS 12,419 28.0 min 7.9% 7:20 AM
Chickasaw County, MS 16,915 20.2 min 4.2% 7:10 AM
Pontotoc County, MS 31,525 23.7 min 2.5% 6:56 AM
Lafayette County, MS 58,327 16.2 min 8.6% 7:43 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Calhoun County, Mississippi.

Is commuting expensive in Calhoun County, Mississippi?

Commuters here spend an estimated 196 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,063 at a typical national wage. That's 9% more than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Calhoun County, Mississippi?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Calhoun County, Mississippi. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Calhoun County, Mississippi?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Mississippi, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Which counties in Mississippi have the fastest and slowest commutes?

Among counties in Mississippi, the shortest average commutes are in Sharkey County (11.9 min), Coahoma County (13.2 min), Leflore County (15.2 min). The longest are in Wilkinson County (36.8 min), Tate County (32.8 min), Greene County (32.7 min).