Commuting in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Hancock County spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 256 hours, about 10.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 43% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 9.2 minutes.
Hancock County holds about 1.6% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 2.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Hancock County would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,173 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)
Hancock County
30.7 min
61.4 min
256 hrs/yr
$7,932
1,933
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
30.7
minutes to get to work in
Hancock County.
That's 37% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 86% of counties in Mississippi
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Hancock County
Car:
86.3%
Worked at Home:
11.4%
Other:
1.6%
Walked:
0.6%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Hancock County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.
Public transit is unusually rare in Hancock County: 6.0 times less than the Mississippi average (0.0% vs 0.3%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Hancock County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.
Commute Mode Trends in Hancock County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Hancock 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
93.8%
3.4%
1.4%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
94.0%
3.2%
1.1%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2011
94.6%
3.2%
1.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2012
95.6%
2.5%
1.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2013
95.4%
2.9%
0.6%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
95.8%
2.2%
0.7%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
95.2%
2.5%
0.4%
1.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2016
95.2%
2.5%
1.0%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2017
95.1%
2.6%
0.8%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2018
94.1%
2.8%
1.1%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%
2019
92.1%
3.4%
1.7%
1.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
0.6%
2020
88.8%
6.6%
2.6%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2021
86.2%
8.2%
3.0%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
2022
85.0%
10.4%
2.9%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2023
86.2%
10.6%
2.2%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
86.3%
11.4%
1.6%
0.6%
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 95.8% and lowest in 2022 at 85.0%. Overall it fell from 93.8% in 2009 to 86.3% in 2024, down 7.5 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Hancock County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 11.4% in 2024, up 8.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.2% to 0.6% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Hancock County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hancock County?
The bars show when commuters in Hancock 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 AMHancock County7.5%Mississippi6.6%
7.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHancock County4.7%Mississippi4.5%
4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHancock County7.0%Mississippi5.3%
7.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHancock County11.7%Mississippi11.1%
11.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHancock County9.4%Mississippi12.4%
9.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHancock County20.2%Mississippi17.1%
20.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHancock County11.5%Mississippi12.6%
11.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHancock County6.5%Mississippi8.2%
6.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHancock County4.1%Mississippi3.0%
4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHancock County5.2%Mississippi4.0%
5.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHancock County2.5%Mississippi2.1%
2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHancock County0.6%Mississippi0.8%
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHancock County3.7%Mississippi5.8%
3.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHancock County5.4%Mississippi6.4%
5.4%
Hancock CountyMississippiSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Hancock County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Mississippi. Early starts are more common than in Mississippi: 19.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Mississippi: 47.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.4%) 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 Hancock 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 Hancock 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 Hancock 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
Hancock County
Mississippi
United States
2009
7:02 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:05 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:10 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:11 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:14 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:15 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:15 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:18 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:16 AM
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:11 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:11 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:12 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:12 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:14 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:14 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:14 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Hancock County were on the road by 7:14 AM, 13 minutes later than in 2009 (7:02 AM). That goes against the trend across Mississippi, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Hancock County now leave 23 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 Hancock County has moved 3 minutes later.
How does Hancock County's commute time compare?
Metric
Hancock County
Mississippi
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.7 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
11.4%
5.9%
15.0%
Walked
0.6%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Hancock County is 30.7 minutes, longer than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Mississippi.
Hancock County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Hancock County, MS is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 46,167 residents against a local median of 57,458. The measure that sets Hancock County, MS apart most is work from home: 11.4%, 38% above the local median of 8.3%.
The counties themselves spread 9.9% on work from home, so Hancock County, MS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hancock County, MS has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Hancock County, Mississippi.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Hancock County, Mississippi?
Commuters here spend an estimated 256 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,932 at a typical national wage. That's 43% more than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Hancock County, Mississippi?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Hancock County, Mississippi. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Hancock 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.
How much time do residents in Hancock County, Mississippi save by working from home?
About 11.4% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Hancock County would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,173 at the same national wage assumption used above.
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).