Humphreys County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Humphreys 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 Humphreys County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Humphreys County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 140 hours, about 5.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 4.7 minutes.

Humphreys County holds about 0.3% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Humphreys County would save about 56 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,736 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)
Humphreys County	16.8 min	33.6 min	140 hrs/yr	$4,341	321
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

Sharkey County (11.9 min)
Coahoma County (13.2 min)
Leflore County (15.2 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Mississippi

Wilkinson County (36.8 min)
Tate County (32.8 min)
Greene County (32.7 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Humphreys County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.8 minutes to get to work in Humphreys County. That's 25% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 89% of counties in Mississippi

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 0.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Humphreys County

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

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Humphreys County: 6.8 times more than the Mississippi average (0.5% vs 0.1%).

Working from home is unusually rare in Humphreys County: 7.1 times less than the Mississippi average (0.8% vs 5.9%).

Biking is unusually common in Humphreys County: 24.5 times more than the Mississippi average (2.0% vs 0.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Humphreys County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Humphreys 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	Bicycle	Walked	Worked at Home	Taxi	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Other
2009	88.6%	0.0%	7.4%	2.8%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	89.6%	0.0%	7.0%	2.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2011	88.4%	0.0%	6.8%	3.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%
2012	92.9%	0.0%	3.0%	3.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2013	92.7%	0.0%	4.1%	2.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2014	94.3%	0.0%	3.7%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2015	95.2%	0.2%	2.6%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2016	96.1%	0.3%	1.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.6%
2017	93.4%	0.3%	2.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	1.7%
2018	94.1%	0.3%	1.3%	1.4%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	1.7%
2019	93.1%	0.3%	1.4%	1.6%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	2.6%
2020	91.1%	0.0%	3.0%	1.4%	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%	3.1%
2021	88.7%	2.5%	3.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	4.1%
2022	91.9%	2.7%	2.9%	0.8%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	1.0%
2023	92.2%	2.6%	3.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.6%
2024	94.5%	2.0%	2.0%	0.8%	0.5%	0.1%	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 2016 at 96.1% and lowest in 2011 at 88.4%. Overall it rose from 88.6% in 2009 to 94.5% in 2024, up 5.9 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 3 releases.

Biking gained the most ground in Humphreys County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 2.0% in 2024, up 2.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.4% to 2.0% of workers (down 5.4 percentage points).

Biking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Humphreys County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Humphreys County?

The bars show when commuters in Humphreys 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		8.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		12.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		17.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		20.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		2.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		3.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		2.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Humphreys County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.6% across Mississippi. Early starts are less common than in Mississippi: 15.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Mississippi: 56.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (12.8%) 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 Humphreys 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 Humphreys 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 Humphreys 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	Humphreys County	Mississippi	United States
2009	7:17 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:17 AM	7:21 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:13 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:13 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:15 AM	7:20 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:19 AM	7:20 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:16 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:16 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:25 AM	7:19 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:29 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:35 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:39 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:34 AM	7:18 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:28 AM	7:18 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:24 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:19 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Humphreys County were on the road by 7:19 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:17 AM). That goes against the trend across Mississippi, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Humphreys County now leave 19 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 Humphreys County has moved 15 minutes earlier.

How does Humphreys County's commute time compare?

Metric	Humphreys County	Mississippi	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.8 min	21.5 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 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	0.8%	5.9%	15.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Humphreys County is 16.8 minutes, shorter than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 2.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Mississippi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Humphreys County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Humphreys County, MS is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,395 residents against a local median of 24,333. The measure that sets Humphreys County, MS apart most is work from home: 0.8%, 78% below the local median of 3.7%.

The counties themselves spread 3.7% on work from home, so Humphreys County, MS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Humphreys County, MS has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Humphreys County, MS	7,395	16.8 min #4/6	0.8% #6/6	7:19 AM #4/6
Yazoo County, MS	24,832	18.7 min	4.5%	7:01 AM
Sharkey County, MS	3,872	11.9 min	1.9%	7:12 AM
Holmes County, MS	16,191	32.5 min	2.7%	7:04 AM
Washington County, MS	42,708	16.1 min	3.7%	7:26 AM
Sunflower County, MS	24,333	15.7 min	5.6%	7:27 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Humphreys County, Mississippi.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Humphreys County, Mississippi?

Commuters here spend an estimated 140 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,341 at a typical national wage. That's 22% less than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Humphreys County, Mississippi?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Humphreys 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.

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).