Simpson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Simpson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Simpson County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 187 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting.

That is 5% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.4 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.

Simpson County holds about 0.9% of Mississippi's population and accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Simpson County would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,322 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)
Simpson County	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,805	380
Mississippi	21.4 min	42.8 min	178 hrs/yr	$5,533	914
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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 22.5 minutes to get to work in Simpson County. That's about the same as the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 3.6% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 90.5%
• Worked at Home: 3.6%
• Walked: 2.6%
• Other: 2.2%
• Public Transportation: 1.1% unusually high
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Simpson County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.

Public Transportation commuting is unusually common in Simpson County: 4.4 times more than the Mississippi average (1.1% vs 0.3%).

Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Simpson County, versus 0.0% in Mississippi.

Bicycle commuting is essentially absent in Simpson County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.

How does Simpson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Simpson County	Mississippi	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.5 min	21.4 min	22.5 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	3.6%	5.3%	13.4%
Walked	2.6%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.1%	0.3%	3.5%

The average commute time in Simpson County is 22.5 minutes, longer than the 21.4 minutes in Mississippi.

1.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 2.6% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Mississippi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau