Commuting in Gray 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 Gray County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Gray County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 131 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 1.5 minutes.
Gray County holds about 0.2% of Kansas's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Gray County would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,622 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)
Gray County
15.7 min
31.4 min
131 hrs/yr
$4,056
468
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
15.7
minutes to get to work in
Gray County.
That's 30% 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 4.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Gray County
Car:
91.1%
Worked at Home:
4.8%
Walked:
3.2%
Other:
0.7%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Gray County: 5.5 times less than the Kansas average (0.1% vs 0.4%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Gray County, versus 0.2% in Kansas.
Commute Mode Trends in Gray County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Gray 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
84.4%
8.0%
4.6%
2.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
85.1%
7.7%
3.9%
2.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
86.4%
6.6%
4.5%
2.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
86.8%
6.5%
4.0%
2.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2013
87.3%
6.5%
3.9%
1.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
88.4%
5.6%
4.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2015
87.5%
5.4%
5.6%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2016
87.9%
5.5%
4.9%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
2017
89.2%
5.4%
4.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2018
88.2%
6.2%
5.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2019
89.8%
5.7%
4.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
91.9%
4.5%
3.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2021
89.4%
6.4%
3.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
2022
90.9%
5.4%
2.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2023
92.6%
4.2%
2.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
91.1%
4.8%
3.2%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
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 92.6%. Overall it rose from 84.4% in 2009 to 91.1% in 2024, up 6.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 8.0% to 4.8% of workers (down 3.2 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 5.6% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 3.2%.
Commute Start Times in Gray County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Gray County?
The bars show when commuters in Gray 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 AMGray County2.6%Kansas4.7%
2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGray County3.8%Kansas3.5%
3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGray County2.4%Kansas5.2%
2.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGray County8.1%Kansas7.6%
8.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGray County12.2%Kansas10.3%
12.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGray County14.5%Kansas14.9%
14.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGray County22.7%Kansas16.8%
22.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGray County13.3%Kansas10.4%
13.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGray County5.7%Kansas4.5%
5.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGray County3.5%Kansas5.0%
3.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGray County0.4%Kansas2.5%
0.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGray County0.4%Kansas1.1%
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGray County7.5%Kansas7.0%
7.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGray County2.8%Kansas6.6%
2.8%
Gray CountyKansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Gray County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 22.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are less common than in Kansas: 8.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 62.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.6%) 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 Gray 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 Gray 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 Gray 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
Gray County
Kansas
United States
2009
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Gray County were on the road by 7:38 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). That goes against the trend across Kansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Gray County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Gray County has moved 6 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Gray County in the whole series.
How does Gray County's commute time compare?
Metric
Gray County
Kansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.7 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
4.8%
11.8%
15.0%
Walked
3.2%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Gray County is 15.7 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.
Gray County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Gray County, KS is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,701 residents against a local median of 3,903. The measure that sets Gray County, KS apart most is one-way commute: 15.7 min, 36% above the local median of 11.5 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 6.4 min on one-way commute, so Gray County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Gray County, KS has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Gray County, Kansas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Gray County, Kansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 131 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,056 at a typical national wage. That's 9% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Gray County, Kansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Gray 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.
Do people use public transit in Gray County, Kansas?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% 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).