What is the average commute in Merriam city, Kansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 20460002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Merriam, Kansas

Name: Commute estimates for Merriam city, Kansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.2 min one way; 19.6% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.2 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home19.6%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone72.6%±3.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.7%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 Merriam city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.4 min → 22.2 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.9% → 19.6%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.5%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.3% → 72.6%▼ 9.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Merriam city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 0.5% used public transit and 19.6% worked from home.

Drive alone72.6% ±3.6 pp

Carpool4.5% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp

Walk2.2% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home19.6% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 6,080 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Merriam city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Merriam city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,080 workers age 16+, including 4,886 workers with reported travel time and 1,194 home workers.

Population estimate11,085± 31 MOE

Workers age 16+6,080± 337 MOE

Workers with travel time4,886± 327 MOE

Estimated home workers1,194± 207 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 Merriam 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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