What is the average commute in Wichita city, Kansas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.5 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 20790002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wichita, Kansas

Name: Commute estimates for Wichita city, Kansas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.4 min one way; 7.7% worked from home, 78.5% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±0.5 min MOE

Worked from home7.7%±0.5 pp MOE

Drove alone78.5%±0.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Wichita 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 +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.7 min → 18.4 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 7.7%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.4% → 78.5%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wichita city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.5%; 0.7% used public transit and 7.7% worked from home.

Drive alone78.5% ±0.9 pp

Carpool10.1% ±0.6 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.2 pp

Work from home7.7% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 191,393 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wichita city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

7^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

9^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

33^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

5^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wichita city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 191,393 workers age 16+, including 176,659 workers with reported travel time and 14,734 home workers.

Population estimate397,945± 97 MOE

Workers age 16+191,393± 2,209 MOE

Workers with travel time176,659± 2,252 MOE

Estimated home workers14,734± 1,057 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 Wichita city

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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