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Commute Time Burden in Graham County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Graham County spend about 15 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 61 hours, about 2.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 57% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 9.8 minutes.

Graham 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 Graham County would save about 25 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $762 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)
Graham County 7.4 min 14.7 min 61 hrs/yr $1,905 141
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

Graham County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 7.4 minutes to get to work in Graham County. That's 67% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 5 fastest counties in Kansas

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 6.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Graham County

  • Car: 85.2%
  • Worked at Home: 6.4%
  • Walked: 3.6%
  • Other: 3.4%
  • Motorcycle: 1.4% unusually high
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Graham County: 11.5 times more than the Kansas average (1.4% vs 0.1%).

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

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

Biking is essentially absent in Graham County, versus 0.3% in Kansas.

Commute Mode Trends in Graham County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Graham 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 Motorcycle Public Transportation Taxi Bicycle
2009 81.7% 11.0% 5.3% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 82.2% 11.4% 5.0% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 83.1% 12.3% 3.8% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2012 84.7% 10.3% 4.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2013 84.7% 8.7% 4.2% 1.7% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2%
2014 83.4% 9.2% 4.9% 1.9% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3%
2015 84.3% 7.8% 5.1% 2.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3%
2016 84.0% 8.9% 4.1% 2.9% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 86.9% 7.5% 2.5% 3.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 85.1% 8.8% 3.1% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 86.4% 7.6% 3.2% 2.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 83.4% 6.6% 6.4% 3.5% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 81.4% 6.3% 4.1% 8.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 79.2% 7.3% 4.6% 7.0% 1.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 82.7% 8.0% 3.5% 3.9% 1.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 85.2% 6.4% 3.6% 3.4% 1.4% 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 86.9% and lowest in 2022 at 79.2%. Overall it rose from 81.7% in 2009 to 85.2% in 2024, up 3.5 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Riding a motorcycle gained the most ground in Graham County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 1.4% in 2024, up 1.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 11.0% to 6.4% of workers (down 4.6 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 6.4% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 3.6%.

Commute Start Times in Graham County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Graham County?

The bars show when commuters in Graham 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
1.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
1.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
2.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
4.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
27.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
24.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
2.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Graham County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 27.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Kansas. Early starts are less common than in Kansas: 4.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 70.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.0%) 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 Graham 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 Graham 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 Graham 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 Graham County Kansas United States
2009 7:45 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:48 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:43 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:43 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:40 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:39 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:42 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:45 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:44 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:52 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:49 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:48 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:45 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:44 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:42 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:35 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Graham County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:45 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kansas, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Graham County now leave 2 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 Graham County has moved 13 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Graham County in the whole series.

How does Graham County's commute time compare?

Metric Graham County Kansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 7.4 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 6.4% 11.8% 15.0%
Walked 3.6% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Graham County is 7.4 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 3.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Graham County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Graham County, KS is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 2,389 residents against a local median of 4,813. The measure that sets Graham County, KS apart most is work from home: 6.4%, 41% below the local median of 10.7%.

The counties themselves spread 11.3% on work from home, so Graham County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Graham 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
Graham County, KS 2,389 7.4 min #1/6 6.4% #5/6 7:35 AM #3/6
Norton County, KS 5,359 8.0 min 16.9% 7:35 AM
Trego County, KS 2,777 8.7 min 10.7% 7:32 AM
Rooks County, KS 4,813 10.6 min 5.8% 7:41 AM
Sheridan County, KS 2,426 8.7 min 17.1% 7:39 AM
Phillips County, KS 4,813 12.7 min 7.9% 7:41 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Graham County, Kansas.

Is commuting expensive in Graham County, Kansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 61 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $1,905 at a typical national wage. That's 57% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Graham County, Kansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Graham 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.

How common is public transit use in Graham 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).