ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KS · GEOID 20764752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wellington, Kansas

Mean one-way trip16.7 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.6%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone84.2%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.4 min → 16.7 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 5.6%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.4%▲ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 84.2%▲ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.2% ±6.1 pp
Carpool7.4% ±3.3 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.8 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.4 pp
Work from home5.6% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 3,107 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

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

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,615± 77 MOE
Workers age 16+3,107± 278 MOE
Workers with travel time2,934± 292 MOE
Estimated home workers173± 101 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.