Commuting in Tate 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 Tate County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Tate County spend about 66 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 273 hours, about 11.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 52% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 11.3 minutes.
Tate County holds about 1.0% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 1.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Tate County would save about 109 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,388 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)
Tate County
32.8 min
65.6 min
273 hrs/yr
$8,469
1,220
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.
On average, it takes
32.8
minutes to get to work in
Tate County.
That's 46% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the 3 slowest counties in Mississippi
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Tate County
Car:
95.7%
Worked at Home:
3.6%
Walked:
0.6%
Other:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Tate County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.
Public transit is essentially absent in Tate County, versus 0.3% in Mississippi.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Tate County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.
Biking is essentially absent in Tate County, versus 0.1% in Mississippi.
Commute Mode Trends in Tate County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Tate 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
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
89.7%
2.1%
3.9%
1.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2.3%
2010
90.6%
3.0%
3.8%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
1.4%
2011
93.8%
3.2%
2.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2012
93.9%
3.6%
2.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2013
94.3%
3.3%
2.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
92.5%
3.8%
2.6%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
94.3%
3.1%
1.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
94.3%
3.0%
1.6%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
95.1%
2.5%
1.1%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
95.5%
2.0%
1.2%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
96.0%
2.1%
1.1%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
95.9%
2.9%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
96.0%
2.9%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
96.0%
2.6%
0.9%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
96.3%
3.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
95.7%
3.6%
0.6%
0.2%
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 peaked in 2023 at 96.3%. Overall it rose from 89.7% in 2009 to 95.7% in 2024, up 6.0 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Tate County: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 3.6% in 2024, up 1.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.9% to 0.6% of workers (down 3.3 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Tate County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Tate County?
The bars show when commuters in Tate 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 AMTate County5.5%Mississippi6.6%
5.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMTate County5.3%Mississippi4.5%
5.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMTate County7.8%Mississippi5.3%
7.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMTate County15.3%Mississippi11.1%
15.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMTate County9.8%Mississippi12.4%
9.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMTate County17.4%Mississippi17.1%
17.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMTate County8.0%Mississippi12.6%
8.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMTate County6.5%Mississippi8.2%
6.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMTate County1.5%Mississippi3.0%
1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMTate County5.9%Mississippi4.0%
5.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMTate County3.2%Mississippi2.1%
3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMTate County1.1%Mississippi0.8%
1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMTate County6.4%Mississippi5.8%
6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMTate County6.4%Mississippi6.4%
6.4%
Tate CountyMississippiSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Tate County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Mississippi. Early starts are more common than in Mississippi: 18.5% 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 (22.9%) 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 Tate 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 Tate 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 Tate 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
Tate County
Mississippi
United States
2009
7:18 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:17 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:15 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:15 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:15 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:12 AM
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:11 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:03 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:01 AM
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:01 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:01 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:05 AM
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:13 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:18 AM
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:18 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:11 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Tate County were on the road by 7:11 AM, 7 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:18 AM). The shift is sharper than across Mississippi, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Tate County now leave 27 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 Tate County has moved 9 minutes later.
How does Tate County's commute time compare?
Metric
Tate County
Mississippi
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
32.8 min
21.5 min
22.4 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%
5.9%
15.0%
Walked
0.6%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Tate County is 32.8 minutes, longer 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.
Tate County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Tate County, MS is typical in size for this group, 28,321 residents against a local median of 32,808, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Tate County, MS apart most is work from home: 3.6%, 23% below the local median of 4.6%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 32.8 min against a local median of 27.8 min, 18% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 18% above the local median it puts Tate County, MS at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 7.1% on work from home, so Tate County, MS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Tate County, MS has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Tate County, Mississippi.
Is commuting expensive in Tate County, Mississippi?
Commuters here spend an estimated 273 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,469 at a typical national wage. That's 52% more than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Tate County, Mississippi?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Tate County, Mississippi. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Tate 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.
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).