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Commute Time Burden in Barton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Barton County spend about 24 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 98 hours, about 4.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 31% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 5.4 minutes.

Barton County holds about 0.9% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Barton County would save about 39 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,219 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)
Barton County 11.8 min 23.6 min 98 hrs/yr $3,048 335
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

Fastest commutes among counties in Kansas
  1. Wichita County (7.0 min)
  2. Scott County (7.1 min)
  3. Greeley County (7.2 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Kansas
  1. Linn County (31.3 min)
  2. Miami County (30.8 min)
  3. Jefferson County (30.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Barton County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 11.8 minutes to get to work in Barton County. That's 47% 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 8.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Barton County

  • Car: 87.9%
  • Worked at Home: 8.7%
  • Walked: 2.3%
  • Other: 0.5%
  • Bicycle: 0.5%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Barton County: 3.7 times less than the Kansas average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Barton County: 5.8 times less than the Kansas average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Barton County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Barton 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 Bicycle Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle
2009 92.1% 2.9% 3.2% 0.4% 0.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 92.9% 2.6% 2.8% 0.1% 0.6% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3%
2011 92.4% 2.8% 3.0% 0.1% 0.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3%
2012 92.5% 3.2% 2.6% 0.2% 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3%
2013 92.8% 3.4% 2.9% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
2014 93.0% 3.2% 2.8% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2%
2015 92.7% 3.1% 3.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2%
2016 93.8% 3.0% 1.9% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1%
2017 93.1% 3.5% 1.8% 0.4% 0.5% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1%
2018 92.7% 3.9% 1.8% 0.3% 0.5% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0%
2019 92.6% 3.7% 1.9% 0.4% 0.5% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0%
2020 92.4% 3.7% 2.4% 0.4% 0.2% 0.6% 0.2% 0.1%
2021 89.7% 6.6% 2.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0%
2022 88.6% 7.6% 3.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2023 87.9% 8.5% 2.8% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 87.9% 8.7% 2.3% 0.5% 0.5% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 93.8%. Overall it fell from 92.1% in 2009 to 87.9% in 2024, down 4.2 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Barton County: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 8.7% in 2024, up 5.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.2% to 2.3% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Barton County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Barton County?

The bars show when commuters in Barton 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
4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
27.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
11.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
3.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Barton County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 27.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are about as common as in Kansas: 13.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 60.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.4%) 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 Barton 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 Barton 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 Barton 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 Barton County Kansas United States
2009 7:42 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:40 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:40 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:38 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:37 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:34 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:36 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:36 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:35 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:36 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:38 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:36 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:35 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:36 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:39 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:39 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Barton County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:42 AM). Kansas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Barton County now leave 1 minute later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Barton County's commute time compare?

Metric Barton County Kansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 11.8 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 8.7% 11.8% 15.0%
Walked 2.3% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Barton County is 11.8 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Barton County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Barton County, KS is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 25,097 residents against a local median of 6,144. Where Barton County, KS breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 19% above the local median of 7.3% at 8.7%.

The counties themselves spread 6.5% on work from home, so Barton County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Barton County, KS has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Barton County, KS 25,097 11.8 min #3/6 8.7% #2/6 7:39 AM #6/6
Russell County, KS 6,679 8.8 min 8.1% 7:29 AM
Stafford County, KS 3,978 17.0 min 7.3% 7:26 AM
Rush County, KS 2,947 17.6 min 7.0% 7:31 AM
Pawnee County, KS 6,144 11.7 min 12.5% 7:32 AM
Rice County, KS 9,350 13.2 min 6.0% 7:23 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Barton County, Kansas.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Barton County, Kansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 98 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,048 at a typical national wage. That's 31% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Barton County, Kansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Barton 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Barton 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.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).