ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 201412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Osborne County, Kansas

Mean one-way trip13.8 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home4.2%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute14.4 min → 13.8 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 4.2%▼ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 79.5%▲ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.5% ±4.4 pp
Carpool6.4% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk7.1% ±3.9 pp
Bicycle1.8% ±1.4 pp
Work from home4.2% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 1,700 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

17thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate3,452± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,700± 92 MOE
Workers with travel time1,629± 101 MOE
Estimated home workers71± 28 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.