Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20338752024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Independence, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.9 min one way; 3.9% worked from home, 80.6% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.9 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home3.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.6%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 Independence city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 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 Independence city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,697 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Independence city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Independence city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,697 workers age 16+, including 3,553 workers with reported travel time and 144 home workers.
Population estimate8,422± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+3,697± 308 MOE
Workers with travel time3,553± 295 MOE
Estimated home workers144± 70 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 Independence city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.