Commuting in Comanche 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 Comanche County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Comanche County spend about 16 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 67 hours, about 2.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 53% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 9.2 minutes.
Comanche County holds about 0.1% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Comanche County would save about 27 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $834 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)
Comanche County
8.1 min
16.1 min
67 hrs/yr
$2,084
135
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
8.1
minutes to get to work in
Comanche County.
That's 64% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 91% of counties in Kansas
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 3.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Comanche County
Car:
89.4%
Walked:
5.6%
Worked at Home:
3.6%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.8%unusually high
Other:
0.6%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Comanche County: 6.5 times more than the Kansas average (0.8% vs 0.1%).
Public transit is essentially absent in Comanche County, versus 0.4% in Kansas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Comanche County, versus 0.2% in Kansas.
Working from home is unusually rare in Comanche County: 3.3 times less than the Kansas average (3.6% vs 11.8%).
Biking is unusually rare in Comanche County: 1504990958.2 times less than the Kansas average (0.0% vs 0.3%).
Commute Mode Trends in Comanche County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Comanche 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
Walked
Worked at Home
Motorcycle
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
85.3%
4.8%
7.6%
0.0%
1.1%
0.7%
0.0%
0.5%
2010
82.5%
4.7%
9.3%
0.0%
0.6%
0.8%
0.0%
2.0%
2011
85.2%
4.9%
7.5%
0.3%
0.5%
0.6%
0.0%
0.9%
2012
86.4%
4.5%
7.7%
0.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
85.8%
5.5%
8.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
84.7%
5.5%
8.5%
0.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
87.6%
5.8%
5.8%
0.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
88.3%
5.8%
5.3%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
90.7%
4.3%
4.3%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
88.8%
3.9%
6.7%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
87.7%
5.2%
6.8%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
87.1%
5.1%
7.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
89.6%
3.2%
7.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
89.6%
2.5%
7.5%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.1%
4.1%
4.1%
1.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
89.4%
5.6%
3.6%
0.8%
0.6%
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 was highest in 2017 at 90.7% and lowest in 2010 at 82.5%. Overall it rose from 85.3% in 2009 to 89.4% in 2024, up 4.1 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Riding a motorcycle gained the most ground in Comanche County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 0.8% in 2024, up 0.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 7.6% to 3.6% of workers (down 4.0 percentage points).
Walking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.
Biking peaked at 2.0% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Comanche County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Comanche County?
The bars show when commuters in Comanche 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 AMComanche County2.7%Kansas4.7%
2.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMComanche County4.8%Kansas3.5%
4.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMComanche County4.6%Kansas5.2%
4.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMComanche County1.8%Kansas7.6%
1.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMComanche County5.2%Kansas10.3%
5.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMComanche County22.2%Kansas14.9%
22.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMComanche County18.0%Kansas16.8%
18.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMComanche County19.3%Kansas10.4%
19.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMComanche County5.7%Kansas4.5%
5.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMComanche County3.9%Kansas5.0%
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMComanche County1.8%Kansas2.5%
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMComanche County0.4%Kansas1.1%
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMComanche County5.0%Kansas7.0%
5.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMComanche County4.6%Kansas6.6%
4.6%
Comanche CountyKansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Comanche County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 22.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Kansas. Early starts are less common than in Kansas: 12.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 64.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.6%) 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 Comanche 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 Comanche 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 Comanche 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
Comanche County
Kansas
United States
2009
7:44 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Comanche County were on the road by 7:44 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Kansas, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Comanche County now leave 7 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Comanche County has moved 8 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Comanche County in the whole series.
How does Comanche County's commute time compare?
Metric
Comanche County
Kansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
8.1 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
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
3.6%
11.8%
15.0%
Walked
5.6%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Comanche County is 8.1 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 5.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.
Comanche County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Comanche County, KS is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,729 residents against a local median of 3,202. Comanche County, KS's one-way commute, at 8.1 min, runs 22% below the 10.3 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 3.2 min on one-way commute, so Comanche County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Comanche County, KS has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Comanche County, Kansas.
Is commuting expensive in Comanche County, Kansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 67 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,084 at a typical national wage. That's 53% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Comanche County, Kansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Comanche County, Kansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Comanche County, Kansas?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.4% in Kansas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Which counties in Kansas have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).