Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 202052024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Wilson County, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 4.2% worked from home, 81.8% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.3 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home4.2%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.8%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 Wilson County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.0 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 Wilson County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.8%; 0.1% used public transit and 4.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,865 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Wilson County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 27th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Wilson County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,865 workers age 16+, including 3,701 workers with reported travel time and 164 home workers.
Population estimate8,505± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,865± 185 MOE
Workers with travel time3,701± 195 MOE
Estimated home workers164± 57 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 Wilson County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.