Commuting in Greeley 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 Greeley County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Greeley County spend about 14 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 60 hours, about 2.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 58% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 10.0 minutes.
Greeley County holds about 0.0% of Kansas's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Greeley County would save about 24 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $744 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)
Greeley County
7.2 min
14.4 min
60 hrs/yr
$1,860
272
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
7.2
minutes to get to work in
Greeley County.
That's 68% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 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 20.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Greeley County
Car:
73.4%
Worked at Home:
20.0%
Walked:
4.5%
Other:
2.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Greeley County, versus 0.1% in Kansas.
Public transit is essentially absent in Greeley County, versus 0.4% in Kansas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Greeley County, versus 0.2% in Kansas.
Biking is essentially absent in Greeley County, versus 0.3% in Kansas.
Commute Mode Trends in Greeley County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Greeley 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
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
86.6%
4.7%
7.1%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
85.2%
7.3%
6.2%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
84.4%
10.3%
4.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
84.2%
9.8%
5.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
82.5%
11.8%
5.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2014
86.2%
9.9%
2.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2015
85.2%
8.6%
3.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
2016
85.2%
8.7%
3.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.3%
2017
82.9%
8.4%
5.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.1%
2018
82.7%
9.1%
7.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2019
84.0%
7.9%
7.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2020
81.7%
12.1%
6.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
73.1%
17.4%
8.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
73.5%
18.1%
6.8%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
68.6%
21.5%
8.1%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
73.4%
20.0%
4.5%
2.1%
0.0%
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 2023 at 68.6%. Overall it fell from 86.6% in 2009 to 73.4% in 2024, down 13.2 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Greeley County: its share of workers rose from 4.7% in 2009 to 20.0% in 2024, up 15.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.1% to 4.5% of workers (down 2.6 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.
Biking peaked at 3.1% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Greeley County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Greeley County?
The bars show when commuters in Greeley 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 AMGreeley County1.3%Kansas4.7%
1.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGreeley County5.1%Kansas3.5%
5.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGreeley County4.9%Kansas5.2%
4.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGreeley County10.5%Kansas7.6%
10.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGreeley County12.8%Kansas10.3%
12.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGreeley County23.1%Kansas14.9%
23.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGreeley County18.8%Kansas16.8%
18.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGreeley County6.4%Kansas10.4%
6.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGreeley County0.2%Kansas4.5%
0.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGreeley County5.3%Kansas5.0%
5.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGreeley County0.0%Kansas2.5%
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGreeley County0.0%Kansas1.1%
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGreeley County3.6%Kansas7.0%
3.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGreeley County8.1%Kansas6.6%
8.1%
Greeley CountyKansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Greeley County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 23.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Kansas. Early starts are less common than in Kansas: 11.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 61.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.9%) 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 Greeley 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 Greeley 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 Greeley 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
Greeley County
Kansas
United States
2009
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Greeley County were on the road by 7:20 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kansas, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Greeley County now leave 18 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 Greeley County has moved 9 minutes earlier.
How does Greeley County's commute time compare?
Metric
Greeley County
Kansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
7.2 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
20.0%
11.8%
15.0%
Walked
4.5%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Greeley County is 7.2 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 4.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.
Greeley County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Greeley County, KS is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,304 residents against a local median of 2,471. Where Greeley County, KS breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 125% above the local median of 8.9% at 20.0%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 7.2 min against a local median of 11.1 min, 35% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 35% below the local median it puts Greeley County, KS at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 8.8% on work from home, so Greeley County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Greeley County, KS has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Greeley County, Kansas.
Is living in Greeley County, Kansas good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 60 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $1,860 at a typical national wage. That's 58% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Greeley County, Kansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Greeley 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 Greeley 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 much money can remote workers save in Greeley County, Kansas?
About 20.0% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Greeley County would save about 24 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $744 at the same national wage assumption used above.
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).