What is the average commute in Lawrence city, Kansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Lawrence city, Kansas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · KS · GEOID 20389002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lawrence, Kansas

Name: Commute estimates for Lawrence city, Kansas
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.8 min one way; 15.5% worked from home, 67.6% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.8 min±1.4 min MOE

Worked from home15.5%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone67.6%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.8%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 Lawrence city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.5 min → 19.8 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 15.5%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 2.9%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 67.6%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lawrence city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.6%; 2.9% used public transit and 15.5% worked from home.

Drive alone67.6% ±1.7 pp

Carpool7.1% ±1.3 pp

Public transit2.9% ±0.7 pp

Walk4.6% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle1.2% ±0.4 pp

Work from home15.5% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 53,633 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lawrence city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

17^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

59^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lawrence city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 53,633 workers age 16+, including 45,343 workers with reported travel time and 8,290 home workers.

Population estimate96,051± 50 MOE

Workers age 16+53,633± 1,379 MOE

Workers with travel time45,343± 1,445 MOE

Estimated home workers8,290± 838 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 Lawrence 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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