Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20178002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Derby, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.0 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 84.3% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.0 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone84.3%±3.3 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 Derby city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 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 Derby city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,659 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Derby city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Derby city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,659 workers age 16+, including 11,696 workers with reported travel time and 963 home workers.
Population estimate26,062± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+12,659± 630 MOE
Workers with travel time11,696± 660 MOE
Estimated home workers963± 217 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 Derby city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.