Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 201292024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Morton County, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.8 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 84.7% drove alone, and 2.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.8 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone84.7%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.2%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 Morton County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.7 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 Morton County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 1,041 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Morton County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 13th 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 lower than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Morton County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 1,041 workers age 16+, including 951 workers with reported travel time and 90 home workers.
Population estimate2,611± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,041± 88 MOE
Workers with travel time951± 97 MOE
Estimated home workers90± 54 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 Morton County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.