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Counties With the Shortest Commute in Mississippi (2026)

Sharkey has the lowest commute time of any county in Mississippi, at 18.9 min, followed by Washington and Grenada. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in Mississippi

Top 25 of 82 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in Mississippi
RankCountyValue
1Sharkey18.9 min
2Washington19.6 min
3Grenada19.7 min
4Coahoma20.1 min
5Bolivar20.1 min
6Sunflower20.2 min
7Leflore20.4 min
8Oktibbeha20.7 min
9Lee20.8 min
10Forrest21.2 min
11Lowndes21.2 min
12Adams21.3 min
13Warren21.4 min
14Chickasaw21.7 min
15Clay21.8 min
16Alcorn22.3 min
17Hinds22.3 min
18Humphreys22.4 min
19Lafayette22.7 min
20Union23.0 min
21Tishomingo23.5 min
22Covington23.8 min
23Lauderdale24.0 min
24Madison24.1 min
25Jones24.2 min

How this ranking works

This page ranks Mississippi counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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