ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20357502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Junction City, Kansas

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.9%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone79.6%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.5 min → 19.0 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 5.9%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 1.1%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.3% → 79.6%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.6% ±2.3 pp
Carpool9.1% ±2.7 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.8% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home5.9% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 10,718 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% 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.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,331± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+10,718± 469 MOE
Workers with travel time10,082± 478 MOE
Estimated home workers636± 259 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.