Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 200772024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Harper County, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.3 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.3 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.2%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 Harper County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.5 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 Harper County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.5% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,253 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Harper County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 10th 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 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Harper County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,253 workers age 16+, including 2,140 workers with reported travel time and 113 home workers.
Population estimate5,400± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,253± 143 MOE
Workers with travel time2,140± 143 MOE
Estimated home workers113± 48 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 Harper County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.