What is the average commute in Johnson County, Kansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Johnson County, Kansas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 22.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · KS · GEOID 200912024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Johnson County, Kansas

Name: Commute estimates for Johnson County, Kansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.6 min one way; 22.4% worked from home, 69.5% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±0.4 min MOE

Worked from home22.4%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone69.5%±0.6 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 Johnson 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 +8.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.0 min → 20.6 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.4% → 22.4%▲ 8.0 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.3% → 69.5%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Johnson County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 22.4% worked from home.

Drive alone69.5% ±0.6 pp

Carpool5.9% ±0.4 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.0 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.0 pp

Work from home22.4% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 335,949 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Johnson County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

81^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

1^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

1^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Johnson County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 335,949 workers age 16+, including 260,688 workers with reported travel time and 75,261 home workers.

Population estimate620,631± — MOE

Workers age 16+335,949± 2,500 MOE

Workers with travel time260,688± 2,633 MOE

Estimated home workers75,261± 2,480 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 Johnson County

These 1 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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