George County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in George County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in George County spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 259 hours, about 10.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 45% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 9.6 minutes.

George County holds about 0.9% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in George County would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,217 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)
George County	31.1 min	62.3 min	259 hrs/yr	$8,041	705
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.

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On average, it takes 31.1 minutes to get to work in George County. That's 39% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 93% of counties in Mississippi

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in George County

• Car: 93.0%
• Worked at Home: 4.6%
• Walked: 1.1%
• Other: 1.1%
• Public Transportation: 0.3%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in George County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in George 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	94.0%	4.0%	0.6%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	94.1%	4.1%	0.6%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	93.8%	4.1%	0.5%	1.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	92.8%	4.3%	0.6%	1.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	92.4%	4.3%	0.5%	1.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	94.7%	1.6%	0.6%	2.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	94.2%	1.5%	1.0%	2.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	93.5%	2.4%	0.3%	2.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2017	92.4%	2.9%	0.9%	2.5%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	91.3%	4.4%	0.9%	2.3%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	89.8%	5.2%	1.8%	2.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	91.4%	4.6%	1.2%	2.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	92.3%	4.0%	1.8%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	92.9%	4.6%	1.0%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	93.1%	3.8%	1.6%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	93.0%	4.6%	1.1%	1.1%	0.3%	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 94.7% and lowest in 2019 at 89.8%. Overall it fell from 94.0% in 2009 to 93.0% in 2024, down 1.0 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in George County: its share of workers rose from 4.0% in 2009 to 4.6% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points.

Commute Start Times in George County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in George County?

The bars show when commuters in George 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 AM George County11.3% Mississippi6.6%	11.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM George County6.2% Mississippi4.5%	6.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM George County9.3% Mississippi5.3%	9.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM George County18.1% Mississippi11.1%	18.1%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM George County8.4% Mississippi12.4%	8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM George County12.6% Mississippi17.1%	12.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM George County10.0% Mississippi12.6%	10.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM George County6.6% Mississippi8.2%	6.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM George County1.9% Mississippi3.0%	1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM George County4.5% Mississippi4.0%	4.5%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM George County1.0% Mississippi2.1%	1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM George County0.1% Mississippi0.8%	0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM George County4.3% Mississippi5.8%	4.3%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM George County5.8% Mississippi6.4%	5.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in George County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 18.1% 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: 37.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.6%) 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 George 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 George 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 George 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.

• George County
• Mississippi
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	George County	Mississippi	United States
2009	6:41 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2010	6:40 AM	7:21 AM	7:38 AM
2011	6:38 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2012	6:38 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2013	6:44 AM	7:20 AM	7:39 AM
2014	6:50 AM	7:20 AM	7:39 AM
2015	6:54 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2016	6:45 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2017	6:58 AM	7:19 AM	7:38 AM
2018	6:48 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2019	6:57 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2020	6:53 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2021	6:51 AM	7:18 AM	7:37 AM
2022	6:48 AM	7:18 AM	7:37 AM
2023	6:47 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:48 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in George County were on the road by 6:48 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (6:41 AM). That goes against the trend across Mississippi, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in George County now leave 49 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 George County has moved 8 minutes earlier.

How does George County's commute time compare?

Metric	George County	Mississippi	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.1 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	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	4.6%	5.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in George County is 31.1 minutes, longer than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.

The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Mississippi. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Mississippi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau