Commuting in Hinds 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 Hinds County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Hinds County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 179 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way.
Hinds County holds about 7.4% of Mississippi's population and accounts for roughly 7.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Hinds County would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,221 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)
Hinds County
21.5 min
43.0 min
179 hrs/yr
$5,553
1,601
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
21.5
minutes to get to work in
Hinds County.
That's 4% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Hinds County
Car:
88.7%
Worked at Home:
8.6%
Walked:
1.7%
Other:
0.4%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Hinds County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.
Commute Mode Trends in Hinds County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Hinds 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
Walked
Other
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
93.9%
2.7%
1.6%
1.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
93.8%
2.9%
1.6%
0.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2011
93.5%
3.2%
1.4%
1.1%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2012
93.8%
3.3%
1.3%
0.8%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2013
94.2%
2.9%
1.3%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
94.0%
2.8%
1.3%
1.2%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
94.2%
2.6%
1.3%
1.1%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
94.6%
2.1%
1.5%
1.1%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
94.6%
2.1%
1.6%
1.0%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
94.8%
2.3%
1.6%
0.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
95.0%
2.5%
1.5%
0.3%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
94.1%
3.4%
1.4%
0.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
92.7%
5.2%
1.1%
0.3%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
91.1%
6.6%
1.2%
0.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
89.8%
7.8%
1.2%
0.5%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
88.7%
8.6%
1.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 95.0%. Overall it fell from 93.9% in 2009 to 88.7% in 2024, down 5.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Hinds County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 8.6% in 2024, up 5.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Hinds County
🦉Night OwlThe 3rd-latest start among Mississippi's 82 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:34 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hinds County?
The bars show when commuters in Hinds 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 AMHinds County3.8%Mississippi6.6%
3.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHinds County3.5%Mississippi4.5%
3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHinds County3.8%Mississippi5.3%
3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHinds County8.9%Mississippi11.1%
8.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHinds County10.4%Mississippi12.4%
10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHinds County18.1%Mississippi17.1%
18.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHinds County13.2%Mississippi12.6%
13.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHinds County10.0%Mississippi8.2%
10.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHinds County3.3%Mississippi3.0%
3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHinds County5.0%Mississippi4.0%
5.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHinds County3.3%Mississippi2.1%
3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHinds County0.9%Mississippi0.8%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHinds County6.7%Mississippi5.8%
6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHinds County9.1%Mississippi6.4%
9.1%
Hinds CountyMississippiSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Hinds County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Mississippi. Early starts are less common than in Mississippi: 11.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush looks much like Mississippi's: 51.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.1%) 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 Hinds 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 Hinds 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 Hinds 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
Hinds County
Mississippi
United States
2009
7:31 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:30 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:28 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:29 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:31 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:32 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:31 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:34 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:34 AM
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:33 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:33 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:32 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:32 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:33 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:35 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:34 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Hinds County were on the road by 7:34 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:31 AM). That goes against the trend across Mississippi, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Hinds County now leave 4 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Hinds County's commute time compare?
Metric
Hinds County
Mississippi
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.5 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.6%
5.9%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Hinds County is 21.5 minutes, shorter than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.
The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Mississippi. 1.7% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Mississippi.
Hinds County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Hinds County, MS is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 218,428 residents against a local median of 43,020. Hinds County, MS's work from home, at 8.6%, runs 90% above the 4.5% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 6.1% on work from home, so Hinds County, MS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hinds County, MS has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Hinds County, Mississippi.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Hinds County, Mississippi?
Commuters here spend an estimated 179 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,553 at a typical national wage.
When is rush hour worst in Hinds County, Mississippi?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Hinds County, Mississippi. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 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).