ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 200792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Harvey County, Kansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.7 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 79.8% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone79.8%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 Harvey 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 +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.3 min → 20.7 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 8.8%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.9% → 79.8%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Harvey County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.

Drive alone79.8% ±2.6 pp
Carpool7.8% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.6% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.8% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 16,375 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Harvey County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

16thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Harvey County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 16,375 workers age 16+, including 14,932 workers with reported travel time and 1,443 home workers.

Population estimate33,756± — MOE
Workers age 16+16,375± 584 MOE
Workers with travel time14,932± 595 MOE
Estimated home workers1,443± 366 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 Harvey 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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