Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 201392024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Osage County, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.5 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.5 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.2%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 Osage County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 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 Osage County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,515 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Osage County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 75th 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 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Osage County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,515 workers age 16+, including 6,871 workers with reported travel time and 644 home workers.
Population estimate15,744± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,515± 251 MOE
Workers with travel time6,871± 270 MOE
Estimated home workers644± 117 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 Osage County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.