Jefferson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Jefferson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Jefferson County spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 217 hours, about 9.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 4.6 minutes.

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

Working from home just 2 days a week in Jefferson County would save about 87 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,694 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)
Jefferson County	26.1 min	52.1 min	217 hrs/yr	$6,734	176
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.

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On average, it takes 26.1 minutes to get to work in Jefferson County. That's 16% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 4.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Jefferson County

• Car: 95.3%
• Worked at Home: 4.5%
• Public Transportation: 0.2%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Walked: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Other: < 0.1%

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

Walking is essentially absent in Jefferson County, versus 1.3% in Mississippi.

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

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

Walking or biking to work is essentially absent in Jefferson County, versus 1.4% in Mississippi.

Commute Mode Trends in Jefferson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Jefferson 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.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Walked	Other
2009	89.7%	6.1%	3.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2010	92.4%	7.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	96.5%	2.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	97.3%	1.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2013	97.2%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	1.6%
2014	96.0%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%	1.6%
2015	94.9%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.2%	1.7%
2016	95.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%	2.2%
2017	94.0%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.9%	1.4%
2018	95.3%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.9%	1.0%
2019	91.9%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	6.0%
2020	92.7%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%	3.7%
2021	95.0%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.9%
2022	97.9%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.3%
2023	95.7%	4.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	95.3%	4.5%	0.2%	0.0%	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 peaked in 2022 at 97.9%. Overall it rose from 89.7% in 2009 to 95.3% in 2024, up 5.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.8% to 0.2% of workers (down 3.6 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 7.6% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 4.5%.

Commute Start Times in Jefferson County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jefferson County?

The bars show when commuters in Jefferson 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 AM Jefferson County3.1% Mississippi6.6%	3.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Jefferson County9.4% Mississippi4.5%	9.4%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Jefferson County4.6% Mississippi5.3%	4.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Jefferson County24.5% Mississippi11.1%	24.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Jefferson County5.9% Mississippi12.4%	5.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Jefferson County28.7% Mississippi17.1%	28.7%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Jefferson County7.8% Mississippi12.6%	7.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Jefferson County4.3% Mississippi8.2%	4.3%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Jefferson County2.3% Mississippi3.0%	2.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Jefferson County0.4% Mississippi4.0%	0.4%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Jefferson County1.6% Mississippi2.1%	1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Jefferson County0.7% Mississippi0.8%	0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Jefferson County3.7% Mississippi5.8%	3.7%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Jefferson County3.0% Mississippi6.4%	3.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Jefferson County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 28.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Mississippi. Early starts are about as common as in Mississippi: 17.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Mississippi: 46.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 11 commuters (9.4%) 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Jefferson County	Mississippi	United States
2009	7:11 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:12 AM	7:21 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:07 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2012	6:59 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2013	6:47 AM	7:20 AM	7:39 AM
2014	6:50 AM	7:20 AM	7:39 AM
2015	6:41 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2016	6:58 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2017	6:33 AM	7:19 AM	7:38 AM
2018	6:53 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:15 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:06 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:05 AM	7:18 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:06 AM	7:18 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:02 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:03 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Jefferson County were on the road by 7:03 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:11 AM). The shift is sharper than across Mississippi, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Jefferson County now leave 35 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 Jefferson County has moved 12 minutes earlier.

How does Jefferson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Jefferson County	Mississippi	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.1 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	4.5%	5.9%	15.0%
Walked	< 0.1%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Jefferson County is 26.1 minutes, longer than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 0.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Mississippi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau