What is the average commute in Salina city, Kansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 20627002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Salina, Kansas

Name: Commute estimates for Salina city, Kansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.8 min one way; 6.6% worked from home, 76.4% drove alone, and 2.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.8 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home6.6%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone76.4%±2.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.6%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 Salina 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 +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.1 min → 14.8 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 6.6%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.4% → 76.4%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Salina city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.4%; 0.2% used public transit and 6.6% worked from home.

Drive alone76.4% ±2.2 pp

Carpool11.2% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.6% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle1.4% ±1.1 pp

Work from home6.6% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 23,049 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Salina city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

8^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Salina city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 23,049 workers age 16+, including 21,523 workers with reported travel time and 1,526 home workers.

Population estimate46,307± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+23,049± 711 MOE

Workers with travel time21,523± 723 MOE

Estimated home workers1,526± 366 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 Salina 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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