Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MO · GEOID 29380002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Kansas City, Missouri
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 17.0% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.7 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home17.0%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 Kansas City city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.2 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 Kansas City city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 1.8% used public transit and 17.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 264,299 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Kansas City city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered 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 92% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Kansas City city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 264,299 workers age 16+, including 219,301 workers with reported travel time and 44,998 home workers.
Population estimate510,612± 174 MOE
Workers age 16+264,299± 2,681 MOE
Workers with travel time219,301± 2,698 MOE
Estimated home workers44,998± 1,734 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 Missouri reports →Comparable Missouri commute records for Kansas City city
No other Missouri place in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.