Oktibbeha County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Oktibbeha 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 Oktibbeha County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Oktibbeha 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 143 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 4.4 minutes.

Oktibbeha County holds about 1.8% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 1.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Oktibbeha County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,769 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)
Oktibbeha County	17.1 min	34.2 min	143 hrs/yr	$4,421	902
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

Oktibbeha County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 17.1 minutes to get to work in Oktibbeha County. That's 24% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 86% of counties in Mississippi

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Oktibbeha County

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

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

Biking is unusually common in Oktibbeha County: 7.5 times more than the Mississippi average (0.6% vs 0.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Oktibbeha County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Oktibbeha 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	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	90.1%	2.2%	3.7%	1.0%	1.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.5%
2010	91.0%	2.6%	3.2%	0.8%	1.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	92.7%	2.6%	2.8%	0.6%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	91.3%	2.9%	3.5%	0.5%	1.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
2013	92.5%	3.2%	3.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2014	93.1%	3.4%	2.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2015	91.6%	3.9%	3.6%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	91.7%	3.8%	3.1%	0.5%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	92.5%	3.8%	2.4%	0.4%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	92.1%	4.2%	2.1%	0.6%	0.2%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.0%	3.7%	2.3%	0.6%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	90.3%	6.3%	1.6%	0.6%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	89.6%	7.1%	1.5%	0.3%	0.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	88.7%	7.0%	2.9%	0.2%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2023	88.3%	7.4%	2.5%	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%
2024	87.9%	7.4%	3.1%	0.6%	0.6%	0.4%	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 2014 at 93.1%. Overall it fell from 90.1% in 2009 to 87.9% in 2024, down 2.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Oktibbeha County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 7.4% in 2024, up 5.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 1.7% to 0.6% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2014 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Oktibbeha County

Night OwlThe latest start among Mississippi's 82 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:44 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Oktibbeha County?

The bars show when commuters in Oktibbeha 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		4.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		17.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Oktibbeha County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.6% across Mississippi. Early starts are less common than in Mississippi: 10.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush looks much like Mississippi's: 50.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.0%) 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 Oktibbeha 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 Oktibbeha 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 Oktibbeha 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	Oktibbeha County	Mississippi	United States
2009	7:41 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:48 AM	7:21 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:50 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:52 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:47 AM	7:20 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:50 AM	7:20 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:46 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:44 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:43 AM	7:19 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:47 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:44 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:45 AM	7:19 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:43 AM	7:18 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:44 AM	7:18 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:44 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:44 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Oktibbeha County were on the road by 7:44 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:41 AM). That goes against the trend across Mississippi, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Oktibbeha County now leave 6 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Oktibbeha County's commute time compare?

Metric	Oktibbeha County	Mississippi	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.1 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.4%	5.9%	15.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Oktibbeha County is 17.1 minutes, shorter than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.

0.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 3.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Mississippi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Oktibbeha County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Oktibbeha County, MS is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 51,791 residents against a local median of 17,536. The measure that sets Oktibbeha County, MS apart most is work from home: 7.4%, 114% above the local median of 3.5%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 17.1 min against a local median of 20.4 min, 16% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 16% below the local median it puts Oktibbeha County, MS at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 2.7% on work from home, so Oktibbeha County, MS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Oktibbeha County, MS has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Oktibbeha County, MS	51,791	17.1 min #1/6	7.4% #1/6	7:44 AM #6/6
Clay County, MS	18,383	20.6 min	5.6%	7:22 AM
Winston County, MS	17,536	20.3 min	3.5%	7:12 AM
Choctaw County, MS	8,118	28.3 min	2.9%	7:09 AM
Lowndes County, MS	57,838	18.1 min	5.1%	7:21 AM
Noxubee County, MS	10,025	20.4 min	2.9%	7:04 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 143 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,421 at a typical national wage. That's 20% less than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 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).