ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 201732024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sedgwick County, Kansas

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone79.1%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 commute19.4 min → 19.3 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 8.1%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.6%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 79.1%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.1% ±0.7 pp
Carpool9.3% ±0.4 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home8.1% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 252,549 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

17thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate528,226± — MOE
Workers age 16+252,549± 2,332 MOE
Workers with travel time232,098± 2,314 MOE
Estimated home workers20,451± 1,193 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 nearby records

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