ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20267252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Goddard, Kansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.7 min one way; 13.2% worked from home, 78.7% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home13.2%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone78.7%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 Goddard city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.6 min → 24.7 min▲ 4.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 13.2%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.9% → 78.7%▼ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Goddard city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.2% worked from home.

Drive alone78.7% ±6.9 pp
Carpool8.1% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home13.2% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 3,069 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Goddard city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 49th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% 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.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Goddard city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,069 workers age 16+, including 2,664 workers with reported travel time and 405 home workers.

Population estimate6,030± 590 MOE
Workers age 16+3,069± 361 MOE
Workers with travel time2,664± 363 MOE
Estimated home workers405± 164 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 Goddard 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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