Commuting in Allen County, Kansas: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Allen County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Allen County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 128 hours, about 5.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 1.8 minutes.
Allen County holds about 0.4% of Kansas's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Allen County would save about 51 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,590 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Allen County
15.4 min
30.8 min
128 hrs/yr
$3,975
230
Kansas
17.2 min
34.4 min
143 hrs/yr
$4,448
662
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
15.4
minutes to get to work in
Allen County.
That's 31% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Allen County
Car:
87.8%
Worked at Home:
6.9%
Walked:
4.2%
Other:
0.8%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Allen County: 26282140.7 times less than the Kansas average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Allen County: 5.6 times less than the Kansas average (0.1% vs 0.4%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Allen County, versus 0.2% in Kansas.
Commute Mode Trends in Allen County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Allen County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
90.6%
5.1%
3.2%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
90.7%
5.1%
3.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2011
93.1%
4.0%
2.1%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2012
92.7%
3.7%
2.3%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.4%
2013
89.8%
4.0%
4.8%
0.6%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.4%
2014
90.2%
3.3%
4.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.4%
2015
90.3%
3.2%
4.4%
0.7%
0.2%
0.7%
0.0%
0.4%
2016
90.9%
2.8%
3.8%
0.7%
0.3%
1.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2017
91.6%
3.3%
3.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.2%
2018
92.1%
3.1%
2.8%
0.4%
0.0%
1.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2019
93.2%
2.2%
3.1%
0.1%
0.0%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
93.6%
2.9%
2.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
90.8%
4.1%
4.0%
0.1%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
90.8%
4.3%
4.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
88.5%
5.0%
4.6%
0.8%
0.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
87.8%
6.9%
4.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2020 at 93.6%. Overall it fell from 90.6% in 2009 to 87.8% in 2024, down 2.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Allen County: its share of workers rose from 5.1% in 2009 to 6.9% in 2024, up 1.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit peaked at 1.4% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 0.1%.
Commute Start Times in Allen County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Allen County?
The bars show when commuters in Allen County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Kansas for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMAllen County9.1%Kansas4.7%
9.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAllen County2.1%Kansas3.5%
2.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAllen County6.9%Kansas5.2%
6.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAllen County9.9%Kansas7.6%
9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAllen County8.2%Kansas10.3%
8.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAllen County13.6%Kansas14.9%
13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAllen County19.4%Kansas16.8%
19.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAllen County8.1%Kansas10.4%
8.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAllen County2.1%Kansas4.5%
2.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAllen County2.5%Kansas5.0%
2.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAllen County4.8%Kansas2.5%
4.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAllen County1.3%Kansas1.1%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAllen County7.0%Kansas7.0%
7.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAllen County4.8%Kansas6.6%
4.8%
Allen CountyKansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Allen County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are more common than in Kansas: 18.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kansas: 49.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.5%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Allen County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Allen County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Allen County next to Kansas and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Allen County
Kansas
United States
2009
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Allen County were on the road by 7:30 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:34 AM). Kansas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Allen County now leave 8 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Allen County has moved 8 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Allen County in the whole series.
How does Allen County's commute time compare?
Metric
Allen County
Kansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.4 min
17.2 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.9%
11.8%
15.0%
Walked
4.2%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Allen County is 15.4 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 4.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.
Allen County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Allen County, KS is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,483 residents against a local median of 8,505. Nothing separates Allen County, KS sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 11% below the local median at 6.9% against 7.7%. Allen County, KS has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Allen County, Kansas.
Is commuting expensive in Allen County, Kansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 128 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,975 at a typical national wage. That's 11% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Allen County, Kansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Allen County, Kansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Allen County, Kansas?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.4% in Kansas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across counties in Kansas?
Among counties in Kansas, the shortest average commutes are in Wichita County (7.0 min), Scott County (7.1 min), Greeley County (7.2 min). The longest are in Linn County (31.3 min), Miami County (30.8 min), Jefferson County (30.3 min).