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Commute Time Burden in Jefferson Davis County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Jefferson Davis County spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 259 hours, about 10.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 45% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 9.6 minutes.

Jefferson Davis County holds about 0.4% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Jefferson Davis County would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,214 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 Davis County 31.1 min 62.2 min 259 hrs/yr $8,034 361
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
  1. Sharkey County (11.9 min)
  2. Coahoma County (13.2 min)
  3. Leflore County (15.2 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Mississippi
  1. Wilkinson County (36.8 min)
  2. Tate County (32.8 min)
  3. Greene County (32.7 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Jefferson Davis County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 31.1 minutes to get to work in Jefferson Davis County. That's 39% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 91% of counties in Mississippi

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Jefferson Davis County

  • Car: 94.4%
  • Worked at Home: 4.7%
  • Other: 0.5%
  • Walked: 0.4% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually rare in Jefferson Davis County: 3.7 times less than the Mississippi average (0.4% vs 1.3%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Jefferson Davis County: 5.7 times less than the Mississippi average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

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

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

Few people walk or bike to work in Jefferson Davis County: just 0.4%, 3.9 times below the Mississippi average of 1.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in Jefferson Davis County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Jefferson Davis 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 94.0% 0.3% 1.3% 3.6% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 94.7% 0.6% 2.2% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 93.6% 1.1% 2.6% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 93.5% 1.7% 3.0% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 93.9% 0.9% 3.0% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 95.3% 1.2% 2.2% 1.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 96.0% 0.8% 2.3% 0.3% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 96.7% 1.0% 1.3% 0.2% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 95.9% 0.8% 0.3% 1.8% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 95.4% 0.9% 0.4% 2.1% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 93.5% 2.4% 2.1% 1.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 94.2% 2.6% 1.8% 0.4% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 94.8% 2.1% 1.5% 0.4% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 94.2% 3.3% 1.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 92.8% 4.3% 2.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 94.4% 4.7% 0.5% 0.4% 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 2016 at 96.7% and lowest in 2023 at 92.8%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 94.0% in 2009 and 94.4% in 2024. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Jefferson Davis County: its share of workers rose from 0.3% in 2009 to 4.7% in 2024, up 4.4 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 0.4% of workers (down 3.2 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Jefferson Davis County

  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Mississippi's 82 counties: only 32.9% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Dawn PatrolThe 2nd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Mississippi's 82 counties: 31.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jefferson Davis County?

The bars show when commuters in Jefferson Davis 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
18.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
7.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
13.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
3.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
4.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
8.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Jefferson Davis County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 18.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.6% across Mississippi. Early starts are more common than in Mississippi: 31.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Mississippi: 32.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.5%) 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 Jefferson Davis 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 Davis 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 Davis 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 Jefferson Davis County Mississippi United States
2009 7:03 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2010 6:54 AM 7:21 AM 7:38 AM
2011 6:52 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:01 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:05 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2014 6:54 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2015 6:59 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:03 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:06 AM 7:19 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:12 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:13 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:04 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:59 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:01 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:48 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:43 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Jefferson Davis County were on the road by 6:43 AM, 20 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:03 AM). The shift is sharper than across Mississippi, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Jefferson Davis County now leave 55 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 Davis County has moved 29 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Jefferson Davis County in the whole series.

How does Jefferson Davis County's commute time compare?

Metric Jefferson Davis County Mississippi US Average
Avg. Commute Time 31.1 min 21.5 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 12:00 AM – 04:59 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 4.7% 5.9% 15.0%
Walked 0.4% 1.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Jefferson Davis County is 31.1 minutes, longer than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 0.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Mississippi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Jefferson Davis County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Jefferson Davis County, MS is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 11,117 residents against a local median of 24,193. Where Jefferson Davis County, MS breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 42% above the local median of 22.0 min at 31.1 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 5.5 min on one-way commute, so Jefferson Davis County, MS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Jefferson Davis County, MS has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Jefferson Davis County, MS 11,117 31.1 min #6/6 4.7% #4/6 6:43 AM #1/6
Covington County, MS 18,148 21.9 min 5.8% 7:08 AM
Lawrence County, MS 11,784 27.0 min 1.0% 7:14 AM
Marion County, MS 24,193 22.0 min 5.2% 7:15 AM
Simpson County, MS 25,691 22.8 min 3.2% 7:02 AM
Lamar County, MS 65,698 21.6 min 5.4% 7:23 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 259 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,034 at a typical national wage. That's 45% more than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Jefferson Davis 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 Jefferson Davis 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 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).