Atchison County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Atchison County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Atchison County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 135 hours, about 5.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 1.0 minutes.

Atchison County holds about 0.6% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Atchison County would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,678 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)
Atchison County	16.2 min	32.5 min	135 hrs/yr	$4,196	398
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.

Commute Time Map: Kansas Counties

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On average, it takes 16.2 minutes to get to work in Atchison County. That's 28% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 7.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Atchison County

• Car: 82.7%
• Walked: 8.3% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 7.5%
• Other: 1.5%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Atchison County, versus 0.1% in Kansas.

Walking is unusually common in Atchison County: 3.6 times more than the Kansas average (8.3% vs 2.3%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Atchison County, versus 0.4% in Kansas.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Atchison County, versus 0.2% in Kansas.

Biking is essentially absent in Atchison County, versus 0.3% in Kansas.

Atchison County stands out for active commuting: 8.3% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.2 times the Kansas average of 2.6%.

Commute Mode Trends in Atchison County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Atchison 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.

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• Walked
• Worked at Home
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	88.3%	5.2%	4.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%
2010	87.8%	5.8%	4.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%	0.5%	0.2%
2011	88.1%	4.5%	5.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.8%	0.2%
2012	89.2%	4.0%	5.8%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2013	86.7%	5.8%	6.5%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2014	85.6%	6.0%	7.3%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2015	84.5%	7.4%	6.9%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2016	84.5%	8.3%	6.3%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	85.5%	7.6%	6.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	84.7%	7.2%	7.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2019	86.8%	7.2%	5.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	88.8%	5.9%	4.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	88.8%	4.4%	6.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	88.2%	4.8%	6.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	85.1%	5.9%	7.3%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	82.7%	8.3%	7.5%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	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 2012 at 89.2%. Overall it fell from 88.3% in 2009 to 82.7% in 2024, down 5.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Walking gained the most ground in Atchison County: its share of workers rose from 5.2% in 2009 to 8.3% in 2024, up 3.1 percentage points.

Commute Start Times in Atchison County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Atchison County?

The bars show when commuters in Atchison 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 AM Atchison County7.8% Kansas4.7%	7.8%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Atchison County3.2% Kansas3.5%	3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Atchison County4.0% Kansas5.2%	4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Atchison County12.5% Kansas7.6%	12.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Atchison County6.1% Kansas10.3%	6.1%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Atchison County19.4% Kansas14.9%	19.4%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Atchison County17.4% Kansas16.8%	17.4%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Atchison County6.0% Kansas10.4%	6.0%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Atchison County3.5% Kansas4.5%	3.5%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Atchison County4.3% Kansas5.0%	4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Atchison County1.7% Kansas2.5%	1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Atchison County2.3% Kansas1.1%	2.3%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Atchison County6.6% Kansas7.0%	6.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Atchison County5.3% Kansas6.6%	5.3%

Atchison County Kansas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Atchison County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Kansas. Early starts are more common than in Kansas: 15.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kansas: 48.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.2%) 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 Atchison 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 Atchison 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 Atchison 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.

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• Kansas
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Atchison County	Kansas	United States
2009	7:23 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:23 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:24 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:23 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:27 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:26 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:36 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:34 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:36 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:41 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:30 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:26 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Atchison County were on the road by 7:26 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:23 AM). That goes against the trend across Kansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Atchison County now leave 12 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 Atchison County has moved 15 minutes earlier.

How does Atchison County's commute time compare?

Metric	Atchison County	Kansas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.2 min	17.2 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.5%	11.8%	15.0%
Walked	8.3%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Atchison County is 16.2 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 8.3% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau