What is the average commute in Gardner city, Kansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Gardner city, Kansas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · KS · GEOID 20254252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gardner, Kansas

Name: Commute estimates for Gardner city, Kansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.9 min one way; 13.7% worked from home, 77.6% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.9 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home13.7%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone77.6%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.6%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 Gardner city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 22.9 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 13.7%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 77.6%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gardner city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.7% worked from home.

Drive alone77.6% ±3.5 pp

Carpool7.3% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home13.7% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 13,103 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gardner city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 38th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

38^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gardner city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,103 workers age 16+, including 11,306 workers with reported travel time and 1,797 home workers.

Population estimate24,526± 30 MOE

Workers age 16+13,103± 537 MOE

Workers with travel time11,306± 580 MOE

Estimated home workers1,797± 429 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 Gardner 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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