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Edwards County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Edwards County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Edwards County spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 108 hours, about 4.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 4.3 minutes.

Edwards County holds about 0.1% of Kansas's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Edwards County would save about 43 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,336 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)
Edwards County 12.9 min 25.9 min 108 hrs/yr $3,340 165
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

Edwards County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 12.9 minutes to get to work in Edwards County. That's 42% 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 working from home. About 3.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Edwards County

  • Car: 89.7%
  • Worked at Home: 3.4% unusually low
  • Walked: 3.3%
  • Other: 3.0%
  • Bicycle: 0.7%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Edwards County: 3.5 times less than the Kansas average (3.4% vs 11.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in Edwards County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Edwards 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 90.8% 3.2% 5.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 90.0% 3.0% 5.3% 1.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
2011 89.9% 2.9% 5.5% 1.1% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 88.5% 3.0% 6.5% 1.3% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 90.4% 2.8% 3.8% 2.1% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3%
2014 88.4% 4.1% 2.8% 3.6% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3%
2015 88.3% 4.2% 3.8% 2.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.7%
2016 86.1% 6.0% 3.5% 3.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2017 87.2% 5.7% 2.4% 3.6% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2018 85.2% 8.9% 3.3% 1.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2019 86.4% 9.2% 2.7% 0.9% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2020 84.6% 11.9% 2.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 88.5% 7.7% 2.8% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 84.6% 10.1% 3.3% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 88.5% 5.9% 3.6% 1.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 89.7% 3.4% 3.3% 3.0% 0.7% 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 bottomed out in 2020 at 84.6%. Overall it fell from 90.8% in 2009 to 89.7% in 2024, down 1.1 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Biking gained the most ground in Edwards County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 0.7% in 2024, up 0.7 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.4% to 3.3% of workers (down 2.1 percentage points).

Biking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 5th most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 11.9% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 3.4%.

Commute Start Times in Edwards County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Edwards County?

The bars show when commuters in Edwards 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
8.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
9.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
20.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
19.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
10.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
3.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Edwards County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Kansas. Early starts are more common than in Kansas: 17.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 60.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (13.0%) 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 Edwards 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 Edwards 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 Edwards 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 Edwards County Kansas United States
2009 7:33 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:27 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:28 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:27 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:26 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:23 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:23 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:27 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:27 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:25 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:27 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:29 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:21 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:22 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:27 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:25 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Edwards County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:33 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kansas, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Edwards County now leave 13 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 Edwards County has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does Edwards County's commute time compare?

Metric Edwards County Kansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 12.9 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 3.4% 11.8% 15.0%
Walked 3.3% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Edwards County is 12.9 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 3.3% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Edwards County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Edwards County, KS is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 2,779 residents against a local median of 3,978. Where Edwards County, KS breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 54% below the local median of 7.3% at 3.4%.

The counties themselves spread 9.6% on work from home, so Edwards County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Edwards County, KS has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Edwards County, KS 2,779 12.9 min #5/6 3.4% #5/6 7:24 AM #1/6
Pawnee County, KS 6,144 11.7 min 12.5% 7:32 AM
Kiowa County, KS 2,422 10.3 min 9.4% 7:48 AM
Ford County, KS 34,074 11.5 min 2.9% 7:42 AM
Stafford County, KS 3,978 17.0 min 7.3% 7:26 AM
Hodgeman County, KS 1,652 8.8 min 4.4% 7:29 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Edwards County, Kansas.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 108 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,340 at a typical national wage. That's 25% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Edwards County, Kansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Edwards County, Kansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Edwards 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.

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).