Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 201692024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Saline County, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.8 min one way; 6.8% worked from home, 77.1% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.8 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home6.8%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.1%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Saline County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 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 Saline County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.1%; 0.2% used public transit and 6.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 26,713 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Saline County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 2th 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 98% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Saline County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 26,713 workers age 16+, including 24,894 workers with reported travel time and 1,819 home workers.
Population estimate53,668± — MOE
Workers age 16+26,713± 702 MOE
Workers with travel time24,894± 733 MOE
Estimated home workers1,819± 377 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 Saline County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.