Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20710002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Topeka, Kansas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.7 min one way; 10.9% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.7 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone75.5%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 Topeka city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 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 Topeka city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 0.5% used public transit and 10.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 57,509 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Topeka city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Topeka city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 57,509 workers age 16+, including 51,241 workers with reported travel time and 6,268 home workers.
Population estimate125,786± 71 MOE
Workers age 16+57,509± 1,153 MOE
Workers with travel time51,241± 1,298 MOE
Estimated home workers6,268± 647 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 Topeka city
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.