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Commuting in Pascagoula, 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 Pascagoula: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Pascagoula spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 113 hours, about 4.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 37% less time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 7.9 minutes.

Pascagoula holds about 0.7% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Pascagoula would save about 45 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,404 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)
Pascagoula 13.6 min 27.2 min 113 hrs/yr $3,510 4,519
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.

Pascagoula Commute Map

On average, it takes 13.6 minutes to get to work in Pascagoula. That's 39% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 2.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Pascagoula

  • Car: 94.5%
  • Worked at Home: 2.6%
  • Other: 1.2%
  • Taxi: 0.8% unusually high
  • Walked: 0.6%
  • Bicycle: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is essentially absent in Pascagoula, versus 0.3% in Mississippi.

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Pascagoula: 11.1 times more than the Mississippi average (0.8% vs 0.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Pascagoula, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Pascagoula 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 Taxi Walked Bicycle Public Transportation Motorcycle
2009 96.4% 1.0% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5%
2010 96.1% 1.2% 0.9% 0.0% 1.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.4%
2011 95.8% 1.4% 0.6% 0.0% 1.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2012 94.0% 1.4% 0.9% 0.0% 3.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1%
2013 93.7% 1.1% 1.4% 0.0% 2.9% 0.6% 0.1% 0.2%
2014 93.3% 1.3% 1.6% 0.0% 2.8% 0.3% 0.2% 0.5%
2015 93.7% 1.0% 1.5% 0.0% 2.9% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4%
2016 93.2% 1.2% 1.2% 0.0% 2.7% 0.4% 0.8% 0.5%
2017 93.7% 1.6% 1.7% 0.0% 1.8% 0.1% 0.5% 0.6%
2018 94.2% 1.4% 1.5% 0.0% 1.8% 0.1% 0.4% 0.6%
2019 95.0% 1.3% 1.6% 0.0% 1.6% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
2020 96.2% 1.1% 1.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2021 95.7% 1.7% 1.4% 0.1% 0.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2022 96.2% 2.1% 0.5% 0.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2023 96.4% 2.0% 0.5% 0.1% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2024 94.5% 2.6% 1.2% 0.8% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2016 at 93.2%. Overall it fell from 96.4% in 2009 to 94.5% in 2024, down 1.9 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Pascagoula: its share of workers rose from 1.0% in 2009 to 2.6% in 2024, up 1.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.5% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Taking a taxi overtook biking to become the 4th most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 3.0% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 0.6%.

Commute Start Times in Pascagoula

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pascagoula?

The bars show when commuters in Pascagoula 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
17.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
1.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
7.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
17.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
6.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
6.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
10.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Pascagoula is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 17.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.6% across Mississippi. Early starts are more common than in Mississippi: 24.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Mississippi: 41.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.9%) 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 Pascagoula, 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 Pascagoula 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 Pascagoula 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 Pascagoula Mississippi United States
2009 7:09 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:04 AM 7:21 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:01 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:02 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2013 6:57 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:00 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:01 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:08 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:07 AM 7:19 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:19 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:17 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:21 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:19 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:14 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:13 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:13 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Pascagoula were on the road by 7:13 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:09 AM). That goes against the trend across Mississippi, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Pascagoula now leave 25 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 Pascagoula has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does Pascagoula's commute time compare?

Metric Pascagoula Mississippi US Average
Avg. Commute Time 13.6 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 2.6% 5.9% 15.0%
Walked 0.6% 1.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Pascagoula is 13.6 minutes, shorter than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Mississippi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Pascagoula, Mississippi?

Commuters here spend an estimated 113 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,510 at a typical national wage. That's 37% less than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Pascagoula, Mississippi?

Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Pascagoula, 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Pascagoula, 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.