Commuting in Forrest 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 Forrest County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Forrest County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 143 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 4.3 minutes.
Forrest County holds about 2.7% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 2.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Forrest County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,774 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)
Forrest County
17.2 min
34.3 min
143 hrs/yr
$4,435
875
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
17.2
minutes to get to work in
Forrest County.
That's 23% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 85% of counties in Mississippi
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 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 Forrest County
Car:
88.7%
Worked at Home:
4.0%
Other:
3.9%
Walked:
2.2%
Bicycle:
0.6%unusually high
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
0.1%
Biking is unusually common in Forrest County: 7.1 times more than the Mississippi average (0.6% vs 0.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Forrest County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Forrest 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
Walked
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
93.0%
2.2%
1.4%
2.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2010
93.0%
2.3%
1.3%
2.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2011
91.3%
2.5%
1.4%
3.1%
0.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
2012
91.0%
2.5%
1.5%
3.4%
0.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
2013
90.2%
2.0%
3.2%
3.0%
0.8%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
89.2%
1.6%
4.3%
2.8%
1.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
2015
88.8%
1.5%
5.1%
3.0%
0.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
89.0%
1.3%
6.2%
2.3%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
88.0%
1.2%
7.6%
2.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
88.6%
1.3%
6.7%
2.4%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
88.6%
1.1%
7.5%
2.1%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
88.8%
1.3%
7.1%
1.9%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
88.3%
1.9%
6.6%
2.1%
0.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
89.8%
2.4%
5.3%
1.6%
0.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
89.3%
3.1%
4.6%
1.5%
0.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
88.7%
4.0%
3.9%
2.2%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2017 at 88.0%. Overall it fell from 93.0% in 2009 to 88.7% in 2024, down 4.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Forrest County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 4.0% in 2024, up 1.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Forrest County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Forrest County?
The bars show when commuters in Forrest 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 AMForrest County5.7%Mississippi6.6%
5.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMForrest County3.3%Mississippi4.5%
3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMForrest County5.8%Mississippi5.3%
5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMForrest County8.2%Mississippi11.1%
8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMForrest County10.4%Mississippi12.4%
10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMForrest County14.8%Mississippi17.1%
14.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMForrest County17.1%Mississippi12.6%
17.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMForrest County8.6%Mississippi8.2%
8.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMForrest County4.1%Mississippi3.0%
4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMForrest County5.6%Mississippi4.0%
5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMForrest County3.0%Mississippi2.1%
3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMForrest County0.9%Mississippi0.8%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMForrest County7.4%Mississippi5.8%
7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMForrest County5.2%Mississippi6.4%
5.2%
Forrest CountyMississippiSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Forrest County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.6% across Mississippi. Early starts are less common than in Mississippi: 14.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush looks much like Mississippi's: 50.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.0%) 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 Forrest 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 Forrest 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 Forrest 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
Forrest County
Mississippi
United States
2009
7:40 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:34 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:34 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:35 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:35 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:37 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:37 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:38 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:36 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:37 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:34 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:36 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:34 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:31 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:33 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Forrest County were on the road by 7:33 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:40 AM). The shift is sharper than across Mississippi, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Forrest County now leave 5 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 Forrest County has moved 4 minutes earlier.
How does Forrest County's commute time compare?
Metric
Forrest County
Mississippi
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.2 min
21.5 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
4.0%
5.9%
15.0%
Walked
2.2%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Forrest County is 17.2 minutes, shorter than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.
The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Mississippi. 2.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Mississippi.
Forrest County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Forrest County, MS is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 78,271 residents against a local median of 18,894. The measure that sets Forrest County, MS apart most is one-way commute: 17.2 min, 22% below the local median of 21.9 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 12.6 min on one-way commute, so Forrest County, MS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Forrest County, MS has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Forrest County, Mississippi.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Forrest County, Mississippi?
Commuters here spend an estimated 143 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,435 at a typical national wage. That's 20% less than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Forrest County, Mississippi?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Forrest County, Mississippi. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 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).