ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 200032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Anderson County, Kansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.0 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 79.6% drove alone, and 15.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone79.6%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.7%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Anderson County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute26.0 min → 28.0 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 11.5%▲ 4.3 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 79.6%▲ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Anderson County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.6% ±5.9 pp
Carpool6.3% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.9% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.5% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 3,472 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Anderson County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

71thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

88th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Anderson County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,472 workers age 16+, including 3,074 workers with reported travel time and 398 home workers.

Population estimate7,834± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,472± 213 MOE
Workers with travel time3,074± 254 MOE
Estimated home workers398± 163 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Kansas commute records for Anderson County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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