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Franklin County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Franklin County spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 224 hours, about 9.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 5.3 minutes.

Franklin County holds about 0.3% of Mississippi's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Franklin County would save about 89 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,772 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)
Franklin County 26.8 min 53.6 min 224 hrs/yr $6,929 541
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

Franklin County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.8 minutes to get to work in Franklin County. That's 20% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 70% of counties in Mississippi

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 2.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Franklin County

  • Car: 93.3%
  • Worked at Home: 2.8%
  • Other: 2.4%
  • Walked: 1.5%
  • 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 Franklin County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Franklin County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Franklin 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 Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 90.5% 3.5% 2.5% 1.6% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 89.6% 3.7% 3.6% 1.4% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 92.1% 2.3% 2.7% 1.6% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 91.5% 2.6% 2.4% 1.8% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2013 96.3% 1.4% 1.1% 0.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2014 96.7% 0.9% 0.7% 1.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2015 96.4% 0.6% 1.1% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2016 94.4% 1.5% 1.5% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2017 93.2% 1.9% 2.9% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 91.3% 2.3% 4.1% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 92.6% 1.0% 4.0% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 95.2% 0.6% 2.7% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 93.9% 1.4% 4.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 95.2% 1.1% 3.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 94.4% 1.7% 3.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 93.3% 2.8% 2.4% 1.5% 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 was highest in 2014 at 96.7% and lowest in 2010 at 89.6%. Overall it rose from 90.5% in 2009 to 93.3% in 2024, up 2.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 4th most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Franklin County

  • Hitting SnoozeThe 2nd-biggest shift to later mornings among Mississippi's 82 counties: the typical start is 27 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Franklin County?

The bars show when commuters in Franklin 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
10.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
2.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
12.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
16.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
18.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
14.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
5.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
0.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
1.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Franklin County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Mississippi. Early starts are more common than in Mississippi: 17.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Mississippi: 56.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 12 commuters (8.2%) 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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County Mississippi United States
2009 6:37 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2010 6:34 AM 7:21 AM 7:38 AM
2011 6:30 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2012 6:24 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2013 6:39 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2014 6:43 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2015 6:50 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2016 6:51 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:56 AM 7:19 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:49 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2019 6:42 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:51 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:56 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:59 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:01 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:04 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Franklin County were on the road by 7:04 AM, 27 minutes later than in 2009 (6:37 AM). That goes against the trend across Mississippi, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Franklin County now leave 33 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 Franklin County has moved 23 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Franklin County in the whole series.

How does Franklin County's commute time compare?

Metric Franklin County Mississippi US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.8 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 2.8% 5.9% 15.0%
Walked 1.5% 1.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Franklin County is 26.8 minutes, longer than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 1.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Mississippi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Franklin County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Franklin County, MS is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,622 residents against a local median of 12,565. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Franklin County, MS an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 6% below the local median at 2.8% against 3.0%. Franklin County, MS has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Franklin County, MS 7,622 26.8 min #4/6 2.8% #4/6 7:04 AM #2/6
Jefferson County, MS 7,068 26.1 min 4.5% 7:03 AM
Amite County, MS 12,565 27.9 min 6.9% 7:09 AM
Lincoln County, MS 34,879 21.1 min 3.0% 7:08 AM
Adams County, MS 28,803 15.7 min 2.5% 7:32 AM
Claiborne County, MS 8,582 30.3 min 1.5% 7:10 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Franklin County, Mississippi.

Is living in Franklin County, Mississippi good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 224 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,929 at a typical national wage. That's 25% more than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Franklin County, Mississippi?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Franklin 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Franklin 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.

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).