Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 200472024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Edwards County, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.7 min one way; 3.4% worked from home, 79.4% drove alone, and 7.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.7 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home3.4%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone79.4%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 Edwards County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Edwards County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 1,190 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Edwards County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 24th 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 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Edwards County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 1,190 workers age 16+, including 1,150 workers with reported travel time and 40 home workers.
Population estimate2,779± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,190± 78 MOE
Workers with travel time1,150± 78 MOE
Estimated home workers40± 22 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 Edwards County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.