Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 201472024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Phillips County, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.4 min one way; 7.9% worked from home, 77.3% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.4 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone77.3%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 Phillips County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 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 Phillips County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.3%; 0.6% used public transit and 7.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,220 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Phillips County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 22th 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 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Phillips County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,220 workers age 16+, including 2,045 workers with reported travel time and 175 home workers.
Population estimate4,813± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,220± 103 MOE
Workers with travel time2,045± 106 MOE
Estimated home workers175± 57 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 Phillips County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.