Marshall County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Marshall County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Marshall County spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 256 hours, about 10.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 43% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 9.2 minutes.

Marshall County holds about 1.2% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 1.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Marshall County would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,176 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)
Marshall County	30.7 min	61.5 min	256 hrs/yr	$7,941	893
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

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On average, it takes 30.7 minutes to get to work in Marshall County. That's 37% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 88% of counties in Mississippi

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Marshall County

• Car: 95.4%
• Worked at Home: 3.5%
• Walked: 0.4% unusually low
• Public Transportation: 0.4%
• Other: 0.3%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually rare in Marshall County: 3.2 times less than the Mississippi average (0.4% vs 1.3%).

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

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

Few people walk or bike to work in Marshall County: just 0.4%, 3.4 times below the Mississippi average of 1.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in Marshall County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Marshall 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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• Worked at Home
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• Motorcycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	95.4%	0.7%	0.5%	1.8%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	95.5%	0.8%	0.2%	2.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	95.6%	1.2%	0.1%	1.8%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	96.0%	1.8%	0.1%	1.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	95.1%	3.1%	0.0%	1.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2014	93.3%	4.0%	0.2%	1.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	92.0%	5.7%	0.5%	1.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	90.8%	6.5%	0.5%	1.2%	0.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2017	91.5%	6.0%	0.4%	1.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	91.4%	5.6%	0.5%	1.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	93.3%	4.2%	0.3%	0.9%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	94.9%	4.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	95.2%	3.5%	0.0%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	95.2%	3.9%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	95.0%	4.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	95.4%	3.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	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 2012 at 96.0% and lowest in 2016 at 90.8%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 95.4% in 2009 and 95.4% in 2024.

Working from home gained the most ground in Marshall County: its share of workers rose from 0.7% in 2009 to 3.5% in 2024, up 2.8 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 0.4% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 6.5% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 3.5%.

Commute Start Times in Marshall County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Marshall County?

The bars show when commuters in Marshall 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 Marshall County8.2% Mississippi6.6%	8.2%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Marshall County7.3% Mississippi4.5%	7.3%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Marshall County6.4% Mississippi5.3%	6.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Marshall County18.1% Mississippi11.1%	18.1%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Marshall County11.7% Mississippi12.4%	11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Marshall County15.4% Mississippi17.1%	15.4%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Marshall County10.2% Mississippi12.6%	10.2%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Marshall County6.2% Mississippi8.2%	6.2%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Marshall County2.0% Mississippi3.0%	2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Marshall County1.9% Mississippi4.0%	1.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Marshall County1.2% Mississippi2.1%	1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Marshall County0.5% Mississippi0.8%	0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Marshall County6.0% Mississippi5.8%	6.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Marshall County4.8% Mississippi6.4%	4.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Marshall County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 18.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.1% across Mississippi. Early starts are more common than in Mississippi: 21.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Mississippi: 43.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.4%) 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 Marshall 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 Marshall 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 Marshall 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	Marshall County	Mississippi	United States
2009	6:56 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2010	6:56 AM	7:21 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:00 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2012	6:58 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2013	6:58 AM	7:20 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:06 AM	7:20 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:07 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:05 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:02 AM	7:19 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:04 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2019	6:54 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2020	6:53 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2021	6:54 AM	7:18 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:02 AM	7:18 AM	7:37 AM
2023	6:56 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:56 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Marshall County were on the road by 6:56 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Mississippi, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Marshall County now leave 42 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 Marshall County has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Marshall County's commute time compare?

Metric	Marshall County	Mississippi	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.7 min	21.5 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 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	3.5%	5.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Marshall County is 30.7 minutes, longer than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau