What is the average commute in Labette County, Kansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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 200992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Labette County, Kansas

Name: Commute estimates for Labette County, Kansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.7 min one way; 6.8% worked from home, 75.6% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.7 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home6.8%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone75.6%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.2%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 Labette County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 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 commute15.2 min → 16.7 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 6.8%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 75.6%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Labette County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.8% worked from home.

Drive alone75.6% ±2.7 pp

Carpool13.7% ±2.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.2% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.7 pp

Work from home6.8% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 8,683 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Labette County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

44^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

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

16^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Labette County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,683 workers age 16+, including 8,091 workers with reported travel time and 592 home workers.

Population estimate19,869± — MOE

Workers age 16+8,683± 414 MOE

Workers with travel time8,091± 412 MOE

Estimated home workers592± 168 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 Labette 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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