Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 200392024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Decatur County, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.9 min one way; 15.3% worked from home, 70.6% drove alone, and 9.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.9 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home15.3%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone70.6%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 Decatur County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Decatur County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.6%; 3.6% used public transit and 15.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 1,270 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Decatur County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Decatur County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 1,270 workers age 16+, including 1,076 workers with reported travel time and 194 home workers.
Population estimate2,726± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,270± 112 MOE
Workers with travel time1,076± 104 MOE
Estimated home workers194± 80 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
All Kansas reports →Comparable Kansas commute records for Decatur County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.