Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 201612024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Riley County, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.3 min one way; 11.2% worked from home, 64.5% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.3 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home11.2%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone64.5%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 Riley County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 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 Riley County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 11.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 41,882 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Riley County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Riley County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 41,882 workers age 16+, including 37,204 workers with reported travel time and 4,678 home workers.
Population estimate71,946± — MOE
Workers age 16+41,882± 1,094 MOE
Workers with travel time37,204± 1,077 MOE
Estimated home workers4,678± 613 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 Riley County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.