Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20645002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Shawnee, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 21.4% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.3 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home21.4%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.3%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 Shawnee city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Shawnee city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 21.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 37,686 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Shawnee city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Shawnee city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 37,686 workers age 16+, including 29,635 workers with reported travel time and 8,051 home workers.
Population estimate68,542± 67 MOE
Workers age 16+37,686± 950 MOE
Workers with travel time29,635± 910 MOE
Estimated home workers8,051± 875 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
All Kansas reports →Comparable Kansas commute records for Shawnee city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.