ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 200212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cherokee County, Kansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.0 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 84.2% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone84.2%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 Cherokee County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.6 min → 20.0 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 5.0%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.0% → 84.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cherokee County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.

Drive alone84.2% ±3.0 pp
Carpool8.7% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home5.0% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 8,909 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cherokee County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% 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.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cherokee County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,909 workers age 16+, including 8,468 workers with reported travel time and 441 home workers.

Population estimate19,151± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,909± 384 MOE
Workers with travel time8,468± 405 MOE
Estimated home workers441± 138 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 Cherokee 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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