ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20537752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Overland Park, Kansas

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home24.6%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone67.8%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute20.0 min → 19.7 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.6% → 24.6%▲ 9.0 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.3% → 67.8%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.8% ±1.3 pp
Carpool5.4% ±0.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home24.6% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 109,157 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

9thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

0th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 100% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate200,306± 98 MOE
Workers age 16+109,157± 1,928 MOE
Workers with travel time82,334± 2,039 MOE
Estimated home workers26,823± 1,334 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.