Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 201072024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Linn County, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.7 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 76.9% drove alone, and 22.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip34.7 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone76.9%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip22.6%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 Linn County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 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 Linn County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.9%; 0.6% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,231 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Linn County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 94th 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 higher than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Linn County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,231 workers age 16+, including 3,887 workers with reported travel time and 344 home workers.
Population estimate9,767± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,231± 220 MOE
Workers with travel time3,887± 244 MOE
Estimated home workers344± 111 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 Linn County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.