Commuting in Copiah 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 Copiah County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Copiah County spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 212 hours, about 8.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 4.0 minutes.
Copiah County holds about 0.9% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 1.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Copiah County would save about 85 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,634 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)
Copiah County
25.5 min
51.0 min
212 hrs/yr
$6,586
599
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.
On average, it takes
25.5
minutes to get to work in
Copiah County.
That's 14% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Copiah County
Car:
94.4%
Worked at Home:
3.7%
Other:
1.0%
Public Transportation:
0.6%
Walked:
0.2%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Walking is unusually rare in Copiah County: 8.4 times less than the Mississippi average (0.2% vs 1.3%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Copiah County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.
Biking is essentially absent in Copiah County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.
Few people walk or bike to work in Copiah County: just 0.2%, 8.9 times below the Mississippi average of 1.4%.
Commute Mode Trends in Copiah County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Copiah 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
Other
Public Transportation
Walked
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
92.1%
2.7%
0.9%
0.9%
3.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
93.2%
2.4%
0.4%
0.8%
3.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
93.4%
2.0%
0.9%
0.9%
2.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
94.2%
1.8%
0.6%
1.0%
2.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
95.6%
1.6%
1.0%
0.2%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
95.2%
1.4%
1.2%
0.3%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
95.5%
1.5%
1.4%
0.4%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
96.3%
1.4%
0.5%
0.4%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
95.7%
1.6%
0.7%
0.4%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
96.1%
1.6%
0.6%
0.1%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
97.3%
1.2%
0.5%
0.1%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
96.5%
1.8%
1.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
96.6%
1.9%
1.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
94.8%
2.8%
1.7%
0.1%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
95.3%
3.2%
1.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
94.4%
3.7%
1.0%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 97.3%. Overall it rose from 92.1% in 2009 to 94.4% in 2024, up 2.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Copiah County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 3.7% in 2024, up 1.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.3% to 0.2% of workers (down 3.1 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Copiah County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Copiah County?
The bars show when commuters in Copiah 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
12:00-4:59 AMCopiah County7.7%Mississippi6.6%
7.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCopiah County6.2%Mississippi4.5%
6.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCopiah County6.3%Mississippi5.3%
6.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCopiah County12.1%Mississippi11.1%
12.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCopiah County12.3%Mississippi12.4%
12.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCopiah County14.8%Mississippi17.1%
14.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCopiah County8.9%Mississippi12.6%
8.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCopiah County6.6%Mississippi8.2%
6.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCopiah County2.7%Mississippi3.0%
2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCopiah County1.9%Mississippi4.0%
1.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCopiah County2.8%Mississippi2.1%
2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCopiah County0.1%Mississippi0.8%
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCopiah County8.1%Mississippi5.8%
8.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCopiah County9.5%Mississippi6.4%
9.5%
Copiah CountyMississippiSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Copiah County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Mississippi. Early starts are more common than in Mississippi: 20.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Mississippi: 42.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.4%) 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 Copiah 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 Copiah 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 Copiah 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
Copiah County
Mississippi
United States
2009
7:15 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:15 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:14 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:13 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:14 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:09 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:07 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:06 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:06 AM
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:08 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:02 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:08 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:02 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:09 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:05 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:11 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Copiah County were on the road by 7:11 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:15 AM). Mississippi followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Copiah County now leave 27 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Copiah County has moved 9 minutes later.
How does Copiah County's commute time compare?
Metric
Copiah County
Mississippi
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.5 min
21.5 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
3.7%
5.9%
15.0%
Walked
0.2%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.6%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Copiah County is 25.5 minutes, longer than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.
0.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 0.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Mississippi.
Copiah County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Copiah County, MS is typical in size for this group, 27,855 residents against a local median of 25,691, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Copiah County, MS's work from home, at 3.7%, runs 23% above the 3.0% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 7.6% on work from home, so Copiah County, MS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Copiah County, MS has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Copiah County, Mississippi.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Copiah County, Mississippi?
Commuters here spend an estimated 212 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,586 at a typical national wage. That's 18% more than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Copiah County, Mississippi?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Copiah County, Mississippi. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Mississippi?
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).