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Commuting in Gove 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 Gove County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Gove 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 100 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 5.3 minutes.

Gove 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 Gove County would save about 40 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,234 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)
Gove County 11.9 min 23.9 min 100 hrs/yr $3,086 385
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

Gove County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 11.9 minutes to get to work in Gove 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 8.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Gove County

  • Car: 82.8%
  • Worked at Home: 8.9%
  • Walked: 6.9% unusually high
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Bicycle: 0.6%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually common in Gove County: 3.0 times more than the Kansas average (6.9% vs 2.3%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Gove County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Gove 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 78.6% 8.1% 12.1% 0.2% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 82.3% 9.2% 7.3% 0.2% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2011 81.2% 8.4% 8.8% 0.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2012 81.1% 10.9% 7.1% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2013 80.2% 11.9% 6.2% 0.3% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2014 80.3% 11.0% 6.9% 0.6% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 78.1% 10.6% 9.6% 0.6% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 77.6% 11.9% 9.1% 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 79.0% 10.7% 8.5% 0.6% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 78.2% 10.7% 9.5% 1.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 77.8% 12.2% 7.4% 1.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 79.1% 14.1% 4.5% 2.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 79.8% 12.4% 6.3% 1.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 80.5% 9.5% 8.2% 1.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 81.9% 8.7% 7.4% 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 82.8% 8.9% 6.9% 0.7% 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 bottomed out in 2016 at 77.6%. Overall it rose from 78.6% in 2009 to 82.8% in 2024, up 4.2 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Gove County: its share of workers rose from 8.1% in 2009 to 8.9% in 2024, up 0.8 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 12.1% to 6.9% of workers (down 5.2 percentage points).

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

Working from home peaked at 14.1% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 8.9%.

Commute Start Times in Gove County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Kansas's 105 counties: 73.0% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Gove County?

The bars show when commuters in Gove 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
1.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
0.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
2.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
3.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
19.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
23.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
18.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
2.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Gove County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 23.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are less common than in Kansas: 5.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 73.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.8%) 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 Gove 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 Gove 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 Gove 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 Gove County Kansas United States
2009 7:42 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:43 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:39 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:37 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:37 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:39 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:39 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:41 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:42 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:44 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:43 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:46 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:43 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:44 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:44 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:43 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Gove County were on the road by 7:43 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Kansas, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Gove County now leave 5 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Gove County's commute time compare?

Metric Gove County Kansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 11.9 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 8.9% 11.8% 15.0%
Walked 6.9% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Gove County is 11.9 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 6.9% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Gove County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Gove County, KS is typical in size for this group, 2,799 residents against a local median of 2,707, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Where Gove County, KS breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 38% above the local median of 8.7 min at 11.9 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 3.8 min on one-way commute, so Gove County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Gove County, KS has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Gove County, KS 2,799 11.9 min #6/6 8.9% #4/6 7:43 AM #5/6
Lane County, KS 1,461 8.2 min 8.7% 7:44 AM
Sheridan County, KS 2,426 8.7 min 17.1% 7:39 AM
Scott County, KS 5,027 7.1 min 5.2% 7:25 AM
Trego County, KS 2,777 8.7 min 10.7% 7:32 AM
Logan County, KS 2,707 10.9 min 10.1% 7:39 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Gove County, Kansas.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Gove County, Kansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 100 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,086 at a typical national wage. That's 31% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Gove County, Kansas?

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

How common is public transit use in Gove 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.

How do commute times compare across 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).