Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20439502024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
McPherson, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 11.4 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 80.9% drove alone, and 0.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip11.4 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.8%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 McPherson city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 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 McPherson city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,609 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How McPherson city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 1th 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 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% 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 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind McPherson city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,609 workers age 16+, including 7,225 workers with reported travel time and 384 home workers.
Population estimate13,995± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+7,609± 449 MOE
Workers with travel time7,225± 473 MOE
Estimated home workers384± 122 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 McPherson city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.