ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KS · GEOID 202072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodson County, Kansas

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.4%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.3%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 commute22.8 min → 20.5 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 4.4%▼ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.2% → 77.3%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.3% ±5.8 pp
Carpool10.1% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk5.7% ±3.2 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.4% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 1,298 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.

28thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate3,109± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,298± 91 MOE
Workers with travel time1,241± 92 MOE
Estimated home workers57± 31 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.