ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20576252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pratt, Kansas

Mean one-way trip10.6 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.3%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone83.9%±4.8 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute11.4 min → 10.6 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 5.3%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 83.9%▲ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.9% ±4.8 pp
Carpool5.9% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp
Walk4.0% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.3% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 3,068 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,577± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+3,068± 217 MOE
Workers with travel time2,904± 231 MOE
Estimated home workers164± 82 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.