What is the average commute in Rawlins County, Kansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Rawlins County, Kansas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · KS · GEOID 201532024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rawlins County, Kansas

Name: Commute estimates for Rawlins County, Kansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.7 min one way; 13.4% worked from home, 72.5% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.7 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home13.4%±4.1 pp MOE

Drove alone72.5%±5.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.1%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 Rawlins County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.2 min → 13.7 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.3% → 13.4%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.8% → 72.5%▲ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rawlins County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 13.4% worked from home.

Drive alone72.5% ±5.9 pp

Carpool9.6% ±3.8 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp

Walk2.7% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±0.8 pp

Work from home13.4% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 1,315 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rawlins County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

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

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

16^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rawlins County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,315 workers age 16+, including 1,139 workers with reported travel time and 176 home workers.

Population estimate2,516± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,315± 98 MOE

Workers with travel time1,139± 95 MOE

Estimated home workers176± 55 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

Comparable Kansas commute records for Rawlins County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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