Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20360002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Kansas City, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.4 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.4 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 Kansas City 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 +3.1 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 Kansas City city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 1.2% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 71,985 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Kansas City city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 35th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Kansas City city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 71,985 workers age 16+, including 65,375 workers with reported travel time and 6,610 home workers.
Population estimate155,135± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+71,985± 1,359 MOE
Workers with travel time65,375± 1,457 MOE
Estimated home workers6,610± 688 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 Kansas City city
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.