What is the average commute in Russell County, Kansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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 201672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Russell County, Kansas

Name: Commute estimates for Russell County, Kansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.2 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 80.9% drove alone, and 2.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.2 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home8.1%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone80.9%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.2%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 Russell County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.7 min → 13.2 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 8.1%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.5%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.2% → 80.9%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Russell County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.9%; 0.5% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.

Drive alone80.9% ±4.4 pp

Carpool8.6% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.9 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home8.1% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 3,585 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Russell County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

58^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

81^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

3^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Russell County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,585 workers age 16+, including 3,296 workers with reported travel time and 289 home workers.

Population estimate6,679± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,585± 195 MOE

Workers with travel time3,296± 228 MOE

Estimated home workers289± 124 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 Russell 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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