Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 201452024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Pawnee County, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.7 min one way; 12.5% worked from home, 71.5% drove alone, and 8.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.7 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home12.5%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone71.5%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.4%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 Pawnee County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 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 Pawnee County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 12.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,819 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Pawnee County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 24th 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 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Pawnee County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,819 workers age 16+, including 2,466 workers with reported travel time and 353 home workers.
Population estimate6,144± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,819± 189 MOE
Workers with travel time2,466± 189 MOE
Estimated home workers353± 122 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 Pawnee County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.