ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 200952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kingman County, Kansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.7 min one way; 5.2% worked from home, 83.3% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.2%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone83.3%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 Kingman County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 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.

Mean commute22.5 min → 22.7 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 5.2%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 83.3%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kingman County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.2% worked from home.

Drive alone83.3% ±2.0 pp
Carpool8.7% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.2% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home5.2% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 3,449 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kingman County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kingman County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,449 workers age 16+, including 3,270 workers with reported travel time and 179 home workers.

Population estimate7,186± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,449± 178 MOE
Workers with travel time3,270± 166 MOE
Estimated home workers179± 63 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 Kingman 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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