Commuting in Holmes 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 Holmes County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Holmes 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 271 hours, about 11.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 51% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 11.0 minutes.
Holmes County holds about 0.5% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Holmes County would save about 108 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,357 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)
Holmes County
32.5 min
65.0 min
271 hrs/yr
$8,392
227
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
32.5
minutes to get to work in
Holmes County.
That's 45% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the 5 slowest counties in Mississippi
The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 2.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Holmes County
Car:
91.3%
Worked at Home:
2.7%
Walked:
2.0%
Other:
1.7%
Taxi:
1.4%unusually high
Public Transportation:
0.8%unusually high
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Holmes County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.
Public transit is unusually common in Holmes County: 3.2 times more than the Mississippi average (0.8% vs 0.3%).
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Holmes County: 18.9 times more than the Mississippi average (1.4% vs 0.1%).
Biking is essentially absent in Holmes County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.
Commute Mode Trends in Holmes County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Holmes 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
Taxi
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
88.8%
2.1%
2.4%
1.4%
1.5%
3.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
92.0%
0.9%
2.6%
1.1%
1.3%
2.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
93.9%
0.9%
3.2%
1.2%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
94.9%
1.1%
2.2%
1.1%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
94.8%
1.1%
1.9%
0.9%
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
94.4%
1.2%
1.8%
1.3%
0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
94.9%
1.1%
1.3%
1.5%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
94.3%
1.8%
1.1%
1.3%
0.0%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
95.4%
0.8%
1.3%
1.2%
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
96.0%
1.6%
1.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
95.3%
2.3%
1.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
94.9%
2.6%
1.2%
0.3%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.3%
2.8%
1.3%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
93.4%
3.1%
1.9%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
92.5%
2.7%
2.2%
1.7%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.3%
2.7%
2.0%
1.7%
1.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2018 at 96.0%. Overall it rose from 88.8% in 2009 to 91.3% in 2024, up 2.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Holmes County: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 2.7% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.8% to 0.8% of workers (down 3.0 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Holmes County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Holmes County?
The bars show when commuters in Holmes 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 AMHolmes County9.8%Mississippi6.6%
9.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHolmes County4.0%Mississippi4.5%
4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHolmes County5.0%Mississippi5.3%
5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHolmes County11.3%Mississippi11.1%
11.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHolmes County18.1%Mississippi12.4%
18.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHolmes County12.3%Mississippi17.1%
12.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHolmes County7.8%Mississippi12.6%
7.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHolmes County4.8%Mississippi8.2%
4.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHolmes County3.4%Mississippi3.0%
3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHolmes County3.3%Mississippi4.0%
3.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHolmes County1.9%Mississippi2.1%
1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHolmes County0.3%Mississippi0.8%
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHolmes County7.4%Mississippi5.8%
7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHolmes County10.6%Mississippi6.4%
10.6%
Holmes CountyMississippiSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Holmes County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 18.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Mississippi. Early starts are more common than in Mississippi: 18.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Mississippi: 43.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.5%) 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 Holmes 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 Holmes 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 Holmes 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
Holmes County
Mississippi
United States
2009
7:17 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:18 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:18 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:11 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:10 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:08 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:06 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:08 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:11 AM
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:12 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:16 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:13 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:24 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:12 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:05 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:04 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Holmes County were on the road by 7:04 AM, 13 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:17 AM). The shift is sharper than across Mississippi, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Holmes County now leave 34 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 Holmes County has moved 11 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Holmes County in the whole series.
How does Holmes County's commute time compare?
Metric
Holmes County
Mississippi
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
32.5 min
21.5 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 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
2.7%
5.9%
15.0%
Walked
2.0%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.8%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Holmes County is 32.5 minutes, longer than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.
0.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 2.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Mississippi.
Holmes County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Holmes County, MS is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 16,191 residents against a local median of 24,832. Where Holmes County, MS breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 74% above the local median of 18.7 min at 32.5 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 2.7% against a local median of 4.5%, 41% below it. The counties themselves spread 11.4 min on one-way commute, so Holmes County, MS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Holmes County, MS has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Holmes County, Mississippi.
Is commuting expensive in Holmes County, Mississippi?
Commuters here spend an estimated 271 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,392 at a typical national wage. That's 51% more than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Holmes County, Mississippi?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Holmes 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 common is public transit use in Holmes County, Mississippi?
Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 0.8% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Mississippi, making it a realistic option for many workers.
Which counties in Mississippi have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).