ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20608252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Roeland Park, Kansas

Mean one-way trip17.5 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home17.7%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone75.5%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.2%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 commute20.6 min → 17.5 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.0% → 17.7%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 75.5%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.5% ±6.7 pp
Carpool4.8% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home17.7% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 4,020 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.

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,763± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+4,020± 354 MOE
Workers with travel time3,308± 383 MOE
Estimated home workers712± 221 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.