Commuting in Finney 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 Finney County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Finney 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 24% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 4.2 minutes.
Finney County holds about 1.3% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Finney County would save about 43 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,344 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)
Finney County
13.0 min
26.0 min
108 hrs/yr
$3,361
642
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
13.0
minutes to get to work in
Finney County.
That's 42% 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 3.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Finney County
Car:
93.6%
Worked at Home:
3.9%unusually low
Walked:
1.3%
Other:
0.8%
Public Transportation:
0.2%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Finney County, versus 0.1% in Kansas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Finney County, versus 0.2% in Kansas.
Working from home is unusually rare in Finney County: 3.0 times less than the Kansas average (3.9% vs 11.8%).
Commute Mode Trends in Finney County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Finney 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
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
89.9%
3.1%
4.0%
2.1%
0.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
90.8%
3.1%
3.4%
1.6%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
2011
91.2%
2.9%
3.5%
1.4%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
2012
92.0%
2.9%
2.8%
1.0%
0.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
91.2%
2.9%
3.6%
1.2%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2014
93.3%
2.6%
2.1%
0.9%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2015
92.9%
2.7%
2.3%
0.7%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2016
92.9%
3.1%
2.0%
0.8%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2017
93.9%
2.8%
1.6%
0.6%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
94.6%
2.6%
1.1%
0.5%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
94.4%
3.2%
1.1%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
95.1%
3.2%
0.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
95.1%
3.3%
0.9%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
95.2%
3.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
95.3%
3.1%
0.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
93.6%
3.9%
1.3%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
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 2023 at 95.3%. Overall it rose from 89.9% in 2009 to 93.6% in 2024, up 3.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Finney County: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 3.9% in 2024, up 0.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.0% to 1.3% of workers (down 2.7 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2014 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Finney County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Finney County?
The bars show when commuters in Finney 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 AMFinney County7.4%Kansas4.7%
7.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMFinney County6.2%Kansas3.5%
6.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMFinney County5.3%Kansas5.2%
5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMFinney County7.7%Kansas7.6%
7.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMFinney County6.2%Kansas10.3%
6.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMFinney County11.7%Kansas14.9%
11.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMFinney County18.5%Kansas16.8%
18.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMFinney County8.9%Kansas10.4%
8.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMFinney County1.8%Kansas4.5%
1.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMFinney County4.0%Kansas5.0%
4.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMFinney County1.9%Kansas2.5%
1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMFinney County1.7%Kansas1.1%
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMFinney County11.0%Kansas7.0%
11.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMFinney County7.6%Kansas6.6%
7.6%
Finney CountyKansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Finney County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 18.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are more common than in Kansas: 18.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kansas: 45.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.3%) 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 Finney 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 Finney 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 Finney 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
Finney County
Kansas
United States
2009
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Finney County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:43 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kansas, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Finney County now leave 1 minute 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 Finney County has moved 8 minutes later.
How does Finney County's commute time compare?
Metric
Finney County
Kansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.0 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
3.9%
11.8%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Finney County is 13.0 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Kansas.
Finney County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Finney County, KS is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 38,084 residents against a local median of 3,864. The measure that sets Finney County, KS apart most is work from home: 3.9%, 24% below the local median of 5.2%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.0 min against a local median of 10.6 min, 23% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 23% above the local median it puts Finney County, KS at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 4.4% on work from home, so Finney County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Finney County, KS has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Finney County, Kansas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Finney County, Kansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 108 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,361 at a typical national wage. That's 24% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Finney County, Kansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Finney 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.
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).