ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20178502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

De Soto, Kansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 19.0% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home19.0%±6.6 pp MOE
Drove alone72.6%±10.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 De Soto city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.6 min → 27.5 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 19.0%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 72.6%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How De Soto city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 19.0% worked from home.

Drive alone72.6% ±10.1 pp
Carpool3.9% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.6% ±3.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home19.0% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 3,348 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How De Soto city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 65th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

65thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind De Soto city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,348 workers age 16+, including 2,713 workers with reported travel time and 635 home workers.

Population estimate6,414± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+3,348± 295 MOE
Workers with travel time2,713± 351 MOE
Estimated home workers635± 228 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 Kansas commute records for De Soto city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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