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Greene County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Greene 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 Greene County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Greene County spend about 65 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 272 hours, about 11.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 52% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 11.1 minutes.

Greene County holds about 0.5% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Greene County would save about 109 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,375 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)
Greene County 32.7 min 65.3 min 272 hrs/yr $8,438 289
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

Greene County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 32.7 minutes to get to work in Greene County. That's 46% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest 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 other means. About 3.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Greene County

  • Car: 90.9%
  • Other: 4.4%
  • Worked at Home: 3.3%
  • Walked: 0.9%
  • Public Transportation: 0.5%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Greene County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Greene 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 Other Worked at Home Walked Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 96.8% 1.0% 0.6% 0.6% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 95.6% 0.8% 0.9% 1.2% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 94.9% 1.5% 1.2% 0.7% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 94.5% 1.0% 1.8% 1.3% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 94.4% 0.7% 2.9% 0.8% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 92.2% 2.1% 3.2% 0.7% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 93.0% 2.5% 3.3% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 93.5% 2.3% 2.6% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 95.2% 2.9% 1.1% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 94.5% 4.2% 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 90.5% 4.7% 2.9% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 86.5% 8.5% 3.2% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 88.4% 7.0% 2.9% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 86.2% 7.2% 4.5% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 84.7% 7.3% 5.8% 1.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 90.9% 4.4% 3.3% 0.9% 0.5% 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 2023 at 84.7%. Overall it fell from 96.8% in 2009 to 90.9% in 2024, down 5.9 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Greene County: its share of workers rose from 0.6% in 2009 to 3.3% in 2024, up 2.7 percentage points.

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 5.8% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 3.3%.

Commute Start Times in Greene County

  • Early BirdThe earliest start among Mississippi's 82 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:31 AM.
  • Dawn PatrolThe highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Mississippi's 82 counties: 33.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM.
  • Earlier AlarmsThe 2nd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Mississippi's 82 counties: the typical start is 25 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Greene County?

The bars show when commuters in Greene 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
11.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
10.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
12.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
15.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
13.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
2.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
1.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
1.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Greene County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.1% across Mississippi. Early starts are more common than in Mississippi: 33.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Mississippi: 42.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 14 commuters (7.0%) 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 Greene 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 Greene 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 Greene 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 Greene County Mississippi United States
2009 6:56 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2010 6:53 AM 7:21 AM 7:38 AM
2011 6:45 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2012 6:28 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2013 6:35 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2014 6:35 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2015 6:33 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2016 6:47 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:49 AM 7:19 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:59 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:15 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:07 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:39 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:48 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:31 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:31 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Greene County were on the road by 6:31 AM, 25 minutes earlier than in 2009 (6:56 AM). The shift is sharper than across Mississippi, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Greene County now leave 67 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 Greene County has moved 44 minutes earlier.

How does Greene County's commute time compare?

Metric Greene County Mississippi US Average
Avg. Commute Time 32.7 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 3.3% 5.9% 15.0%
Walked 0.9% 1.3% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.5% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Greene County is 32.7 minutes, longer than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.

0.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Mississippi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Greene County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Greene County, MS is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 13,615 residents against a local median of 19,718. Greene County, MS's one-way commute, at 32.7 min, runs 27% above the 25.7 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 3.3% against a local median of 4.0%, 19% below it. The counties themselves spread 14.3 min on one-way commute, so Greene County, MS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Greene County, MS has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Greene County, MS 13,615 32.7 min #6/6 3.3% #5/6 6:31 AM #2/6
George County, MS 25,170 31.1 min 4.6% 6:48 AM
Perry County, MS 11,449 25.7 min 1.5% 7:02 AM
Wayne County, MS 19,718 22.6 min 4.0% 6:59 AM
Washington County, AL 15,143 31.4 min 7.7% 6:27 AM
Forrest County, MS 78,271 17.2 min 4.0% 7:33 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Greene County, Mississippi.

Is commuting expensive in Greene County, Mississippi?

Commuters here spend an estimated 272 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,438 at a typical national wage. That's 52% more than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Greene 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.

How do commute times compare across 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).