ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20283002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Great Bend, Kansas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.0 min one way; 5.9% worked from home, 83.9% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.0 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone83.9%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 Great Bend 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 +2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute12.9 min → 14.0 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 5.9%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.8% → 83.9%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Great Bend city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.9%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.9% worked from home.

Drive alone83.9% ±2.5 pp
Carpool6.2% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.4% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±1.1 pp
Work from home5.9% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 6,644 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Great Bend city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Great Bend city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,644 workers age 16+, including 6,250 workers with reported travel time and 394 home workers.

Population estimate14,479± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+6,644± 423 MOE
Workers with travel time6,250± 411 MOE
Estimated home workers394± 129 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 Great Bend 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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