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Commute Time Burden in Wilkinson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Wilkinson County spend about 74 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 307 hours, about 12.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 71% more time on the road than the Mississippi average of 21.5 minutes each way, a difference of 15.3 minutes.

Wilkinson County holds about 0.3% of Mississippi's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Wilkinson County would save about 123 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,806 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)
Wilkinson County 36.8 min 73.7 min 307 hrs/yr $9,514 302
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
  1. Sharkey County (11.9 min)
  2. Coahoma County (13.2 min)
  3. Leflore County (15.2 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Mississippi
  1. Wilkinson County (36.8 min)
  2. Tate County (32.8 min)
  3. Greene County (32.7 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Wilkinson County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 36.8 minutes to get to work in Wilkinson County. That's 64% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slowest county in Mississippi

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Wilkinson County

  • Car: 87.0%
  • Worked at Home: 5.9%
  • Public Transportation: 3.6% unusually high
  • Other: 2.2%
  • Walked: 1.4%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is unusually common in Wilkinson County: 13.7 times more than the Mississippi average (3.6% vs 0.3%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Wilkinson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Wilkinson 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 Public Transportation Other Walked Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 94.9% 3.2% 0.0% 0.3% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 94.4% 3.4% 0.4% 0.2% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 93.5% 2.5% 0.3% 0.1% 3.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 93.6% 2.4% 0.3% 0.1% 3.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 92.3% 2.4% 0.3% 0.2% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 92.1% 1.7% 0.3% 0.3% 5.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 91.3% 2.2% 0.1% 0.4% 5.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 96.1% 2.3% 0.1% 0.3% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 98.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 95.4% 3.1% 0.2% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 92.4% 6.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 91.1% 7.1% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 92.3% 6.4% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 85.2% 11.1% 1.7% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 85.9% 10.5% 1.8% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 87.0% 5.9% 3.6% 2.2% 1.4% 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 2017 at 98.2% and lowest in 2022 at 85.2%. Overall it fell from 94.9% in 2009 to 87.0% in 2024, down 7.9 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Public transit gained the most ground in Wilkinson County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 3.6% in 2024, up 3.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 11.1% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 5.9%.

Commute Start Times in Wilkinson County

  • Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among Mississippi's 82 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:38 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Wilkinson County?

The bars show when commuters in Wilkinson 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
10.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
13.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
1.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
23.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
10.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
16.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
5.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
8.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
0.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
1.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Wilkinson County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 23.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.1% across Mississippi. Early starts are more common than in Mississippi: 24.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Mississippi: 40.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 9 commuters (10.7%) 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 Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson County Mississippi United States
2009 6:53 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2010 6:57 AM 7:21 AM 7:38 AM
2011 6:50 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2012 6:45 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2013 6:53 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2014 6:53 AM 7:20 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:00 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2016 6:56 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:51 AM 7:19 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:35 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2019 6:38 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:43 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:27 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:41 AM 7:18 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:56 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:38 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Wilkinson County were on the road by 6:38 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (6:53 AM). The shift is sharper than across Mississippi, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Wilkinson County now leave 60 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Wilkinson County's commute time compare?

Metric Wilkinson County Mississippi US Average
Avg. Commute Time 36.8 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 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 5.9% 5.9% 15.0%
Walked 1.4% 1.3% 2.4%
Public Transit 3.6% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Wilkinson County is 36.8 minutes, longer than the 21.5 minutes in Mississippi.

3.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Mississippi. 1.4% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Mississippi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Wilkinson County, MS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Wilkinson County, MS is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 8,162 residents against a local median of 18,174. The measure that sets Wilkinson County, MS apart most is one-way commute: 36.8 min, 32% above the local median of 27.9 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 17.1 min on one-way commute, so Wilkinson County, MS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Wilkinson County, MS has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Wilkinson County, MS 8,162 36.8 min #6/6 5.9% #4/6 6:38 AM #2/6
West Feliciana Parish, LA 15,327 32.8 min 7.5% 6:26 AM
Adams County, MS 28,803 15.7 min 2.5% 7:32 AM
East Feliciana Parish, LA 19,263 32.8 min 7.3% 6:47 AM
Concordia Parish, LA 18,174 16.9 min 3.9% 7:23 AM
Amite County, MS 12,565 27.9 min 6.9% 7:09 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 307 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $9,514 at a typical national wage. That's 71% more than the typical Mississippi commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Wilkinson County, Mississippi?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Wilkinson County, Mississippi?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 3.6% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Mississippi, making it a realistic option for many 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).