ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 200232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cheyenne County, Kansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.1 min one way; 18.5% worked from home, 74.1% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.1 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home18.5%±5.6 pp MOE
Drove alone74.1%±5.4 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 Cheyenne County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.1 min → 13.1 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.8% → 18.5%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 74.1%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cheyenne County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 18.5% worked from home.

Drive alone74.1% ±5.4 pp
Carpool5.0% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk2.4% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home18.5% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 1,250 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cheyenne County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% 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 Cheyenne County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,250 workers age 16+, including 1,019 workers with reported travel time and 231 home workers.

Population estimate2,628± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,250± 71 MOE
Workers with travel time1,019± 86 MOE
Estimated home workers231± 71 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 Cheyenne 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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