ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 201692024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Saline County, Kansas

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute14.9 min → 15.8 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 6.8%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 77.1%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.1% ±2.0 pp
Carpool10.8% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.3% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±0.9 pp
Work from home6.8% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 26,713 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.