ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20182502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dodge City, Kansas

Mean one-way trip11.6 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home1.9%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone80.7%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.2%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 commute12.0 min → 11.6 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.2% → 1.9%▲ 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 alone80.5% → 80.7%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.7% ±4.6 pp
Carpool14.5% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home1.9% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 13,235 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

0thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 100% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

0thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 100% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,613± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+13,235± 436 MOE
Workers with travel time12,983± 448 MOE
Estimated home workers252± 134 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.